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Re: Java Crypto API questions

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NODE 1421a4bfRe: Java Crypto API questions
At 11:44 AM 5/31/96 -0400, Moltar Ramone wrote:
>On Fri, 31 May 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
 
>> Where does this leave foreign vendors? Will Sun sign the 3DES package of a
>> foreign vendor?
>
>Probably.  But they won't be able to export the signed 3DES package :)  
>It leaves foreign vendors in trouble, is where.

But why can't they just export the SIGNATURE, if it is detached from the  software itself?

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com
NODE d77089beRe: Java Crypto API questions
On Fri, 31 May 1996, jim bell wrote:

> >Probably.  But they won't be able to export the signed 3DES package :)  
> >It leaves foreign vendors in trouble, is where.
> 
> But why can't they just export the SIGNATURE, if it is detached from the  software itself?

I would assume because the signature is probably not detached, or 
detachable.  But that's just a guess, really.

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