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SubjectRe: [LITTLE BIT OFFTOPIC] Re: crypto
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> No -- making encryption hooks is also illegal. Many vendors have been
> bitten by this, some have removed them -- others have made their APIs
> very generic so they are not explictly crypt-hooks, but just hooks
> into the mail-engine or whatever (depending on the application).
>
> This is how the PGP plugins for M$ stuff work I beleive.

How can the crypto hooks be illegal? Weak encryption is
legal as far as I know, so why not supply a weak encryption engine
using the hooks - those who want more can then replace the
engine with something better. Then there is the definition of
a "hook". Anything using encryption must interface to
it somehow - this can be done in a number of ways and many
of them allows for easy replacement of the encryption stuff.

Helge Hafting


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