17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 15:13 30/07/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:
It is imperative that Netscape, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and the other players be pressured/urged/cajoled to commit to introducing strong, unescrowed crypto for the *domestic* versions, even if not for export versions.
I agree. Foreign buyers will look askance at software that is "second grade" in security terms, just so the US government can read their mail. This will encourage non-US software companies to fill the vacuum, and US companies will get pissed off and pull some strings in Washington. Arun Mehta Phone +91-11-6841172, 6849103 amehta@cpsr.org http://www.cerfnet.com/~amehta/ finger amehta@cerfnet.com for public key