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Re: Netscape cripples French software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Weinstein)
Thu May 1 09:26:54 1997
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 21:24:05 -0700
From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
To: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@as-node.jena.thur.de>
CC: cryptography@c2.net
Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
>
> On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Tom Weinstein wrote:
> > What we're actually doing (starting in PR4) is separating out the
> > export crippling from the executable.
>
> Does any new version support an really useful math lib?
> Some CAs in Germany failed to support Netscape because it can't check
> 2048bit RSA for the CA-Certificate. Instead it states the certificate
> to be wrong.
In 4.0, the RSA code is based on BSafe 3.0. 2048-bit RSA keys should
work fine, but I haven't tested it much.
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