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Re: Hidden Agenda

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Szabo)
Wed May 10 21:22:48 1995

From: szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)
To: linehan@watson.ibm.com (Mark H Linehan/Watson/IBM Research)
Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 13:31:23 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9505101704.AA0154@watlny03.watson.ibm.com> from "Mark H Linehan/Watson/IBM Research" at May 10, 95 01:03:30 pm
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu


Mark Linehan:

> "most US people do not realize that for a payment system to
> make it it must be exportable."

Perhaps because they realize that it can also be written
overseas and imported, avoiding silly restrictions.

>[iKP approved by NSA]

A great marketing advantage outside the U.S., no doubt!

BTW, do we get to see the iKP source code, or does the NSA
also frown on our ability to verify the abscence of back doors
in U.S. software?

Nick Szabo					
szabo@netcom.com
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