[789] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Clinton Admin. to announce new Crypto regs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Sat May 10 12:33:01 1997
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 14:12:57 -0700
From: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Reply-To: jsw@netscape.com
To: Will Rodger <rodger@worldnet.att.net>
CC: cryptography@c2.net
Will Rodger wrote:
>
> > Netscape is PC banking software.
> >
> > SSL is the banks encryption tool of choice because it saves
> >you from having to write or support custom software.
>
> As does SET - its apparent successor.
> >
> > Claiming that this helps a retail operation is newspeak.
>
> Netscape seemed to like it. Talk to them.
If by "it" you mean the new rules for export of financial encryption,
then I think you are stretching. I believe that the person from
Netscape quoted in the press said that it was a small step forward,
and we have a long way to go.
All this really does is reduce the ammount of paperwork needed to
export these financial applications. They were already giving approval
for strong crypto for financial transactions.
--Jeff
--
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
