Re: CryptoAPI and export question

At 18:07 1/17/96, Tom Johnston wrote:

Two points: the CSP development kit is export-controlled; and signing a CSP developed by a foreign vendor is treated as a export -- so the signature is export-controlled.

We would ship a CSP development kit to a foreign vendor, and sign a CSP developed by the foreign vendor, but only with the appropriate export licenses.

So the main thing that the new MS CSP accomplishes is to establish a standard that will prevent foreigners at the OS level from using real crypto with popular applications. Way to go Microsoft. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.