Netscape gives in to key escrow
Sten Drescher
dreschs at mpd.tandem.com
Fri Dec 1 10:56:54 PST 1995
Matt Miszewski <crypto at midex.com> said:
MM> On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, sameer wrote:
s> Jeff: If Netscape comes out in favor of GAK, will you leave? (Wait
s> until February, at least, of course..) You don't have to answer that
s> to me, or the list, just think about it, and answer it for yourself.
s> Do you think "anyone else" there would leave, as you say below that
s> they don't want to go down history, etc...
MM> While this would go over well in the press if handled right please
MM> let everyone remember that Jeff is a real person with bills to pay
MM> and food to put on at least his own table.
I believe that was the point: How many people at Netscape would
put principled opposition to GAK ahead of expediency? My guess? Not
enough.
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