On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, you wrote:
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>>Obtaining a digital ID may be complicated by the fact that you are an
>>international, non-US entity.  (I'm not certain of that, but it is certainly
>>the impression the NSA would like me to have.)
>
>You can generate your own certificate and self-sign it for the SSLized
>POP server.  It works well.  On a Unix box I use the stunnel software
>which adds SSL support to any service which can be run under inetd.  MS
>Outlook Express supports an SSLized POP connection.  The standard
>SSL POP port number is 995.

Where can I get this stunnel software for Linux ?

>
>Internationally, the opensll package which gets around the US RSA licensing
>issues overseas can be used to generate the self-signed certificate.
>Ask your lawyer about whether use of this encryption stuff violates the
>law overseas.  It depends on the country.  I know it is a felony in both
>France and Russia which consider almost any encryption technology to be a
>munition.  In the US you can use opensll for non-commercial purposes.
>Otherwise you will need an RSAref license.
>

Thanx in advance

cu
Phibo

>Smoot Carl-Mitchell
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