[11707] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: RSA/NCSA/EIT announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R Conrad)
Fri Apr 15 00:46:50 1994
To: brianh@suneast.east.sun.com (Brian Hawthorne - SunSelect Strategic
Marketing)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Apr 1994 17:11:22 +0500."
<9404142111.AA07501@sea.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 11:38:12 +0900
From: David R Conrad <davidc@terminus.iij.ad.jp>
>>Secure NCSA Mosaic Establishes Necessary Framework for Electronic
>>Commerce on the Internet
...
>>Secure-HTTP enables incorporation of a variety of cryptographic
>>standards, including, but not limited to, RSA's PKCS-7, and Internet
>>Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM), and supports maximal interoperation
>>between clients and servers using different cryptographic algorithms.
>>Cryptosystem and signature system interoperation is particularly
>>useful between U.S. residents and non-U.S. residents, where the
>>non-U.S. residents may have to use weaker 40-bit keys in conjunction
...
Sigh. I do hope the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and
Industry and their counterparts in other countries will send thank you
notes to the US State Department for making all these business
opportunities available to non-US companies. It's a shame that it
comes at the expense of US companies who are barred from selling
reasonable cryptographic systems overseas.
"... use weaker 40-bit keys ..." for commerce transactions?
Right.
-drc
