Re: Crippled Notes export encryption

[Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>]

Mike Tighe wrote:
> 
> 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.

  What do you mean by "promise to remove the hooks"?

	--Jeff

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