[787] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Clinton Admin. to announce new Crypto regs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Sat May 10 12:32:48 1997
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 14:15:03 -0700
From: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Reply-To: jsw@netscape.com
To: Will Rodger <rodger@worldnet.att.net>
CC: cryptography@c2.net
Will Rodger wrote:
> Adam Shostack wrote:
> > Netscape is PC banking software.
>
> Netscape crypto chief Taher el-Gamal told me "we don't do any
> financial
> apps" when I asked him about how these regs would affect his company.
We don't do any apps that are limited to financial transactions.
People use SSL (a general purpose protocol) to do all kinds of things,
including financial transactions. Adam is correct that many people
use Netscape Navigator and SSL to do their home banking.
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
