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Re: Crippled Notes export encryption



Jeff Weinstein writes:

>  I can see two practical ways to build a netscape product outside
>the US.  The first is to export the source code for the Navigator
>with the crypto code removed.  All of the calls to crypto would
>have to be removed as well.  I've heard some people claim that the
>government could come after us on the grounds that we were taking
>part in a conspiracy to export strong crypto.

Didn't Netscape already promise to remove the hooks? It seems to me all of
the major software players are already in bed with the government.