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Re: [NOT NOISE] Microsoft Crypto Service Provider API
At 07:36 AM 12/18/96 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>
>Microsoft had to agree to validate crypto binaries against
>a signature to make sure they weren't tampered with, in
>exchange for shipping crypto-with-a-hole. They will
>sign anything (theoretically) if it has the export
>papers and all. Or without, if you affadavit it is not
>for export.
>
>They do not themselves impose any restrictions on crypto
>strength.
>I'm not expressing political position here, just conveying facts ....
What if the software involved was IMPORTED? Moreover, is legal to export
just the signature?
Jim Bell
[email protected]