17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
It's even easier than that. Remember, signatures are detachable from the data. You import the software, MS signs it, you export the signature, and reattach it to the software. Mike
Couldn't somebody IMPORT a piece of encryption software, have it signed by Microsoft, then take the XOR of the signed and unsigned software and export it? (It's not a tool capable of encryption...)
Or: Microsoft presumably has foreign branches, or at least it could easily afford to set up one. What's to stop Microsoft from signing foreign encryption software outside of the US? The software is never exported (since it's already outside the country...), so there's no USA-law involv ement. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com