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Re: PIS_son
John Young wrote:
>
> 10-17-96, BuWi:
>
> "Apple, IBM, JavaSoft, Motorola, Netscape, Nortel, Novell,
> RSA, and Silicon Graphics Announce PICA Crypto-Alliance"
>
> The PICA specification will also be designed to make the
> task of developing differing domestic and exportable
> security requirements much easier. [GAK alliance 2.]
John, I think you are misreading the intent here. By making
it easier to develop separate domestic and exportable
versions of a product, we foil the government's attempt to
force weak domestic encryption because it is too much work to
maintain two different versions.
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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Any opinions expressed above are mine.