NODE feb07062Netscape working with the NSA.
Tim Tartaglia <tag@silvix.sirinet.net>Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:34:11 -0800 (PST)
Check out the following:
http://www-tradoc.army.mil/dcsim/browser.htm
Here's an excerpt:
> ...Netscape has been working with NSA...Their proposed solution is based
> on the use of Fortezza card technology. In November NSA expects to
> certify Netscape Navigator 3.0 for "unclassified but sensitive" use...
Tim
NODE 7a320c32Re: Netscape working with the NSA.
Rich Graves <rcgraves@ix.netcom.com>Tue, 26 Nov 1996 00:43:05 -0800 (PST)
Tim Tartaglia wrote:
>
> Check out the following:
> http://www-tradoc.army.mil/dcsim/browser.htm
That's very old news. See the cypherpunks archives from almost a full
year ago; there was an abortive outcry when someone misinterpreted the
initial press release on this project. Netscape is to support a Fortezza
security plug-in for military users in addition to, not instead of,
existing standards.
-rich