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Re: Verisign gets export approval




At 10:02 PM -0700 7/18/97, Tom Weinstein wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> There's nothing preventing another CA from getting permission from
>>> the USG to issue these magic certs.  We would have to distribute a
>>> patch, but I don't see any problem with that.
>>
>> uh, why does one need permission of the usg to issue "magic certs"?
>
>Because issuing these certs is defined as a "defense service".

Precisely why there needs to be some hacks, from offshore CP, to enable
anyone to issue "magic certs".  Any volunteers?

--Steve