lynx-dev Could SSL (moudlo Open=SSL) become mainstream?

[Duncan Simpson]

Apparently a little papeerwork would allow you to distirbute the lynx SSL 
stuff internationally (the export regulations changed a while back). To quote 
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Surely this relaxation applies to lynx SSL, provided the appropiate
ntoifictaion is given to the right bundle of suits. M$ is of coure still 
subject to the old stupidity, but then their software is riddled with enough 
security rpoblems to make encryption useless anyway.
-- 
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."



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