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IP: VeriSign Gets Commerce Dept OK For Issuance Of 128-Bit IDs
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 09:50:18 -0400
----------------------------------------------------------------- WSJ Interactive Edition July 14, 1997 July 14, 1997 Bye the way, note that we are PERMITTED to use it without key escrow. How our rights have turned into being granted by the government as opposed to our inalienable rights Dave VeriSign Gets Commerce Dept OK For Issuance Of 128-Bit IDs AP-Dow Jones News Service MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- VeriSign Inc. said the Commerce Department approved its plan to issue new global server certificates allowing approved organizations to use 128-bit encryption abroad for Internet commerce. In a press release Monday, VeriSign said it received the license after review by and consultation of the National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation. ..... U.S. export regulations restrict the use of 128-bit encryption abroad due to national security concerns. The highest power encryption currently approved for export is 40-bit encryption. However, new regulations permit, U.S.-based companies to use 128-bit encryption with with servers located in the U.S. Financial institutions may use the technology both on U.S.-based and foreign-based servers. In both cases, the servers must be running recent versions of either Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Internet Explorer or Netscape Communications Corp.'s (NSCP) Communicator. Another feature of the new regulations permits companies to use 128-bit encryption abroad without having to put keys to decode messages in escrow with authorities. ...
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