Capitalizing on a recent ruling on encryption regulations, Netscape Communications said Monday that
international users of its Communicator 4.7 client software can now benefit
from enhanced security for online shopping, banking, trading and e-mail.
Netscape expressed its support for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s newly
released encryption regulations that enable the worldwide distribution of
high-grade encryption and extended its offer of high-grade (128-bit)
encryption browsers to international clients in 23 languages. Netscape
Communicator is available worldwide with high-grade encryption in the
following 23 languages: U.S. English, UK English, French, German, Japanese,
Danish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Brazilian Portuguese,
Korean, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian,
Polish, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish and Slovenian.
Previously, due to encryption export restrictions, customers were limited to
low- and medium-grade encryption browser software outside of North America.
Now, customers can use high-grade encryption browsers, making online
shopping and banking a safer experience. Users can download the latest
high-grade encryption non-U.S. English browsers for free here.
“Netscape has continuously provided its users with the highest level of
encryption allowed under law. We’re delighted to be able to now offer
enhanced security, promoting secure global communications and fueling the
growth of electronic commerce on the Internet internationally,” said Jim
Martin, senior vice president and general manager of Netscape Netcenter.
Netscape is a subsidiary of America Online,
who Monday opened a new software and technology
development site in Dublin.