Re: Best version of Netscape 4.5

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From: Jason Stokes
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:00

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In article <36CB2404.5BDC7866@ozemail.com.au>, Paul Taylor
<birder@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>The beauty of Fortify is that is contains no encryption algorithms, so
>doesn't have the export restrictions of the 128-bit version (which you
>probably shouldn't have in France.  :)  

The law probably disagrees with you. According to the README file, it
contains the "information" on how to modify Netscape's internal
encryption algorithms to use 128 bit long keys, and gives Netscape this
functionality by performing a binary patch on the Netscape executable. 
This is extremely legally iffy: in fact, it is, in my opinion, quite
clearly illegal: consider the following:

US export controls on cryptographic software.

Recently passed US laws banning reverse engineering of software.

International copyright law which protects the license given to you
with Netscape which forbids you from modifying or reverse engineering
the software.

-- 
Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au

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From: jstok@SPAMBLOCKED.apana.org.au (Jason Stokes)
Subject: Re: Best version of Netscape 4.5
Date: 1999/02/23
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