Gunther Birznieks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Now, with strong encryption walls having been broken down in the US, maybe
> global certs no longer qualify you to have to be a bank?
Thawte calls these "SuperCerts" and you don't have to be a bank:
}} Who can get a SuperCert?
}} The new US encryption export regulations took effect on
}} 14 January 2000. In terms of the new regulations, Thawte
}} may now export SuperCerts to any non-government entity
}} and to any commercial government-owned entity (except
}} those that produce munitions), in any country except
}} Afghanistan (Taliban-controlled areas), Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
}} Libya, North Korea, Serbia (except Kosovo), Sudan and
}} Syria.
See:
http://www.thawte.com/certs/server/128bit/contents.html
David
