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At 06:04 PM 11/20/98 -0700, Marc Stiegler wrote:
>btw, I oppose the release of a version of E that runs across the net but is
>not strongly secure.

I agree with MarcS on this point. The question is, what does "strongly secure" mean. We can export a system which uses strong encryption to protect authorization, i.e. capabilities. We can't export a system which uses strong encryption to protect the privacy of user specified messages. Is the second system "strongly secure"? Using it for financial transactions would be safe from spoofing, but any line tapper would know about the transaction. (The authority to spend would be protected, the amount would not be protected.)

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