Subject: pgp2.6

From: "J. Kelly Cunningham" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 22:20:17 -0600 (GMT-0600)

Any plans to use pgp now that it's legal?

-- kc

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From: "Robert A. Hayden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 23:19:14 -0500 (CDT)

> Any plans to use pgp now that it's legal?

Sorry, you are wrong.  It is only legal in a TINY percentage of the 
world, namely the US and Canada.  Export restrictions limit the 
availability of PGP's use outside these two countries.

In addition, RSAREF has a very anal license for using its algorithms.

In addition, version 2.6 HAS NOT been independently tested, has a very 
dubion background, and may be designed with hooks for the fed.  Until 
someone can analyze 2.6, it should not be accepted as secure as 2.3x, 
which, as I understand WAS designed outside the US and may therefore be 
legal regardless of what RSA says.  You'll note that there have been no 
suits and nor federal action regarding PGP, just a lot of threats.

There is some talk on the cypherpunks mailing list of someone outside 
North America releasing an International version that is compatible with 
the poorly designed 2.6, and yet will be legal worldwide.  The last name 
I heard (and this is preliminary) is that it would be called PGP 2.6eu or 
some such.

I'd recommend, at this time, that the PineLords wait until the dust 
settles on 2.6 and what other programs crop up before trying to integrate 
anything into pine.

In the meantime, methods for digitally signing your messages have been 
posted, and they can be done without any modification  to Pine.

(NOTE:  I am not a lawyer, and am most likely wrong)

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