Bill Stewart wrote:
Forwarded from PGP-USERS list:
First PGPInc and now VeriSign? Hmmm. Is this telling us something?
"VeriSign on Monday said it received permission from the U.S. Department of Commerce to export 128-bit strong encryption software and issue digital identifications to approved organizations based on that software. "
"Under the 128-bit scheme approved by the U.S. government Monday, companies will not need to place their encryption keys in escrow, or submit to U.S. government key-recovery requirements in order to use VeriSign's software, company officials said."
What this means is that VeriSign is now allowed to issue the "magic banking certs" for servers that allow them to communicate with the export version of Communicator using 128-bit SSL. On the other hand, it's also meaningless until "approved organizations" start getting approved. -- What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate| Tom Weinstein for the novice. You must understand Tao before | tomw@netscape.com transcending structure. -- The Tao of Programming |