- From: Chris Maden <crism@oreilly.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:43:28 -0500 (EST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
[Jamie Fox] > I am confused why the US encryption laws would be a barrier. > Couldn't lynx just use 64 bit encryption like the normal version of > Netscape and Internet Explorer do? It is only the strongly > encrypted (128 bit) that you have to promise not to give to foreign > drug dealers. Netscape distributes a compiled binary. (I don't believe Mozilla includes SSL.) Lynx is distributed as source; the difference between 64- and 128-bit encryption is, I believe, only a change in a constant; exporting the algorithm itself (in machine-readable form) is illegal. -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek>
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