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Re: Info on Netscape's key escrow position

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Mon Dec 4 02:11:45 1995

Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 23:02:30 -0800
To: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>, jsw@netscape.com
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com

Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> >   I don't believe that Netscape will ship a product that mandates GAK
> > unless it was required by law to do so.  As long as it is legal to sell
> > non-escrowed crypto products in this country or elsewhere, I think we
> > will keep doing it, because that is what our customers want.

E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
	I am glad that your information leads you to this belief. However, I
> would still prefer that the official company statement include a clear section
> on this matter.

I also would like to hear this.
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