A real payoff of the export-SSL bruting.
I know of two companies which are developing products incorporating cryptography. At both, the original plan was to distribute only a weak exportable version. Marketing & distribution didn't want to deal the hassle of stocking different versions, and worried that the export version would be seen as inadequate. Since the bruting of export SSL by the cypherpunk's key-cracking ring, this policy has changed. It is now clear that the exportable version can be cracked, and probably will be cracked, with all the bad PR that entails. Both companies now plan to release export and domestic versions. (Some overseas sales are better than none, and not everyone needs or uses the cryptographic capabilities). Speaking only for myself, Peter Trei ptrei@acm.org
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