[83313] in Cypherpunks
Re: Verisign gets export approval
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason William RENNIE)
Fri Jul 18 07:17:46 1997
From: Jason William RENNIE <jrennie@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:40:33 +1000 (EST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970717100056.00733db4@netcom10.netcom.com>
Reply-To: Jason William RENNIE <jrennie@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au>
>
> Only a valid VeriSign Global ID cert (an X.509 v3 cert with a special
> extension) will activate the strong encryption in exportable browsers. This
> is hardcoded into Navigator and Internet Explorer.
>
So, write a new browser (Theres a linux project staring to do
this for linux soon/now (i think anyway)) and then port to a bunch of
systems and base it outside the US. There aren't any import restriction
on strong crypto yet are there ?? Besides you could then set up a home
page ala. netscape.com and rake in the advertising dollars, if you can
get teh browser to take off. A lot of if's and work but in theory it
works.
Jason =8-]
