[814] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: some questions about SHTTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sarah Green)
Fri Aug 4 12:24:55 1995
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 07:15:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: Sarah Green <greens@hsvaic.hv.boeing.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9508040525.AA17925@iti.gov.sg>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Someone wrote and Wang Wei Jun quoted:
> >
> > Was anybody actually using it? If not, it seems implausible that anybody
> > will anytime real soon. PGP is not available inside the U.S. for commercial
> > use under reasonable terms, so I wouldn't expect to see anything happen with
> > it here.
> >
> Yes, people outside USA are using PGP. So in order to let us use SHTTP,
> it's good if the spec. can include PGP support.
>
Can someone explain "PGP is not available inside the U.S. for
commercial use under reasonable terms"? I believe the terms are similar
to Microsoft's terms for Word or Borland's for C++. Yes, it costs money
but most software does. Based on the PGP keys in the various emails, it
appears that a lot of people inside & outside the US are using PGP.
Sarah.
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