Crippled Notes export encryption
Andrew Loewenstern
andrew_loewenstern at il.us.swissbank.com
Wed Jan 24 12:56:21 PST 1996
> I can see two practical ways to build a netscape product outside
> the US. The first is to export the source code for the Navigator
> with the crypto code removed. All of the calls to crypto would
> have to be removed as well. I've heard some people claim that the
> government could come after us on the grounds that we were taking
> part in a conspiracy to export strong crypto.
Why not just print out all of the source code to Navigator (crypto and all)
in a nice OCR font? Paper is exportable. Then you would 'only' have to scan
it back in and debug it.
andrew
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