[83372] in Cypherpunks
Re: Verisign gets export approval
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Weinstein)
Sat Jul 19 01:30:36 1997
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 22:02:45 -0700
From: tomw@netscape.com (Tom Weinstein)
To: amp@pobox.com
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: tomw@netscape.com (Tom Weinstein)
amp@pobox.com wrote:
>
>> There's nothing preventing another CA from getting permission from
>> the USG to issue these magic certs. We would have to distribute a
>> patch, but I don't see any problem with that.
>
> uh, why does one need permission of the usg to issue "magic certs"?
Because issuing these certs is defined as a "defense service".
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