17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Mike Tighe writes:
Jeff Weinstein writes:
Didn't Netscape already promise to remove the hooks? It seems to me all of the major software players are already in bed with the government.
What do you mean by "promise to remove the hooks"?
I mean they planned to have some type of crypto, but then after a visit from the USG, they removed that plan, and even withdrew the interface so that someone else couldn't "drop in" the crypto. The press release describing it was within the past 12 months or so. I will find it eventually.
I think you may be confused. I do recall a report that some NSA folks visited NCSA and recommended they remove crypto hooks from the NCSA httpd. Is this maybe what you're thinking of? -- Jeff