Integration of crypto into Netscape is thus the Big Win.
This is why Amanda and I have been working on crypto tools for Java, a "safe" programming language that will be embedded in Netscape in the (hopefully) not-too-distant future. In addition to eventual incorporation in Netscape, it is currently available on Suns running Solaris 2.4 and PCs running Windows NT. See: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/achou/JCrypt/packages.html This is also why October is "Java month" for the cypherpunks Bay Area meeting. Marianne Mueller (mrm@eng.sun.com) is organizing speakers and coordinating the schedule for that month's meeting. Java will be available for Windows 95 about the time Win 95 is released, and a Mac version is due out "Real Soon Now." The Mac version has been demoed to industry insiders already. One of the obvious advantages is that it should be possible to write a nice, GUI interface once, and be done with all of the tiresome porting that seems to occupy too much of our time.