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Re: Verisign gets export approval
Steve Schear wrote:
>
> 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?
The main result of such a hack would probably be to get our export
license yanked. Of course, you might see that as desirable, for either
its direct or indirect effects.
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