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Re: Digest Authentication

From: Allan M. Schiffman <ams@terisa.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 16:36:31 -0800
Message-Id: <v02130500ad0b76285e77@[205.226.39.192]>
To: Andrew Cameron <andrew@andy.alt.za>
Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Sat, 30 Dec 1995, Andrew Cameron wrote:

>Will this be available to people outside the US, or will the ITAR
>regulations mean that only those in the US can legally use it.

Putting Albert Lunde's point more emphatically: since Digest Access
Authentication does not provide confidentiality (doesn't use encryption)
it doesn't fall under ITAR at all.

-Allan
Received on Saturday, 30 December 1995 16:36:28 UTC

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