Java Crypto API questions

Lucky Green shamrock at netcom.com
Fri May 31 16:28:55 PDT 1996


At 8:15 5/31/96, Moltar Ramone wrote:

>My guess would be that the first of these two points answers the second.
>Everything is exportable -- except signed third-party security packages.
>My bet would be that the exportable code would not be more than RC4-40 or
>perhaps 1DES, but that a signed package would go to RC4-128, 3DES, and
>RSA-1024.  However, the signature on that package would be on the
>condition that the vendor/distributor of that package follow all export
>regulations.

Where does this leave foreign vendors? Will Sun sign the 3DES package of a
foreign vendor?


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