Netscape and 40 bit encryption

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• Subject: Netscape and 40 bit encryption
• From: "John Hemming (Chief Executive MarketNet )" <JohnHemming@mkn.co.uk>
• Date: Sat, 25 Mar 95 08:44:34 -800

> >Am I off base on this?
> 
> 
> No, I don't think anyone would question the 40bits is not enough.
> Thats why the
> US government will let people use it...
> 
> Its not Netscape who want this `feature'. Its the NSA. If you live in
> the free
> world then it dosen't apply :-)

Actually I think the constraint is more one of export than
usage. Notwithstanding that - length of keys is an issue of
implementation not the protocol itself.  

Longer keys are allowed for purely US implementations.

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