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A3: MICROSOFT OBTAINS GOVERNMENT LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF 128-BIT ENCRYPTION
Microsoft Corp. has announced it has obtained U.S. government approval for
the export of powerful 128-bit encryption to banks worldwide for protection
of online financial transactions.
The U.S. Department of Commerce license, issued June 10, will permit
Microsoft to enable 128-bit encryption security between banks and their
customers in products that support the secure sockets layer (SSL) or
transport layer security (TLS) protocols. The encryption technology will be
incorporated in all domestic and export versions of Microsoft(R) products
dealing with the Internet, beginning with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0,
Microsoft Money 98 and Microsoft Internet Information Server.
The 128-bit encryption capability is implemented as an extension to the SSL
and TLS protocols. TLS is a security protocol overseen by a working group
of the Internet Engineering Task Force, an Internet standards body. The
extension enables an application to "switch on" 128-bit security when a
digital certificate is present on the bank's system. If there is no
certificate, the server and client negotiate the strongest common security
available to them.
The government's export approval for 128-bit encryption does not require
the use of key escrow - the storage of encryption keys to enable law
enforcement officials to recover users' messages. The export approval
continues the current U.S. encryption export control policy permitting
favorable treatment for the export of strong encryption products intended
for use in conducting financial transactions. It also recognizes that banks
and other financial institutions are subject to explicit legal requirements
to retain transaction data, and that they have shown a consistent ability
to provide appropriate access to transaction information in response to
authorized law enforcement requests without the requirement to escrow
encryption keys.
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Ronnie@itexas.net
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> From: Kurt A. Butzin, DDS <kurt@molar.net>
> To: 'ntisp@emerald.iea.com'
> Subject: RE: RFC 812
> Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 12:16 AM
>
> Strange, I was just able to download the 128bit version with no problem.
No
> I'm really up in the air as to what is going on. Thanks for all the
assistance
> offered.
>
> Kurt A. Butzin, DDS
> Molarnet Technologies, Inc. (An Internet Solutions Provider)
>
> kurt@molar.net
> http://www.molar.net
>
> kurt@butzin.com
> http://www.butzin.com
>
> On Thursday, June 26, 1997 7:52 PM, Randy Martin
[SMTP:randy@austintx.net]
> wrote:
> > At 06:11 PM 6/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
> > >I had this problem the other day try adding US under
> > >country in your registration at InterNic...
> > >But good luck I have been having trouble registering or
> > >changing anything for about 3 days...
> > >
> >
> > Having the correct country in your registration at Internic is a good
idea,
> > but will NOT solve this problem. You must get your reverse lookup
working
> > in your DNS. My guess is you don't have authority over the
> > 139.226.38.in-addr.arpa zone. You have to request it from whoever you
got
> > your Class C from. Then you have to have BIND setup correctly so that
> > you're the primary for that reverse domain. Microsoft attempts to find
your
> > host name from the IP address to verify that you are indeed a domestic
> > customer and not from out of the country. If you don't have reverse
lookup
> > working, they can't find you.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Randy
> >
> > ======================================================
> > Randy Martin Voice: (512) 335-2368
> > Partner eMail: randy@austintx.net
> > Austin Internet Access URL: http://www.austintx.net
> > ======================================================
> >
> >
> >
> > >Mike Mazurek
> > > ----
> > >From: Kurt A. Butzin, DDS <kurt@molar.net>
> > >To: bindnt@kahn.drcoffsite.com; ntisp@emerald.iea.com;
> > >'WINNT@listserv.optimedia.co.il'
> > >Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 6:06 PM
> > >Subject: RFC 812
> > >
> > >>Can anyone help me resolve the problem described below?
> > >>
> > >>Your attempt to download Microsoft Software failed for the
> > >following
> > >>reason:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Your computer originates from an unverifiable physical
> > >Domain location. Due
> > >>to restrictions prohibiting export of 128 bit enabled
> > >software, the
> > >>physical location of your computer must be verifiable.
> > >U.S.-only IE 3.0 128
> > >>Questions and Answers addresses the most common questions
> > >you may have.
> >
>
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