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- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: Is PGP 2.0 compatible with PGP 2.1?
- Message-ID: <bontchev.726524559@fbihh>
- Sender: news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Mr. News)
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- Organization: Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
- References: <01010064.mmdoa7@titipu.resun.com> <1993Jan8.114600.4348@csd.uwe.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 20:22:39 GMT
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- th2_oate@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Tom Oates) writes:
-
- > If someone sends me a message encrypted using v2.0, can I decrypt it
- > using v2.1?
-
- Yes.
-
- > And vice versa.
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- Almost. Version 2.1 of PGP supports signed human-readable messages.
- You won't be able to check the signature of such messages with PGP
- 2.0, because it does not support this feature. Otherwise everything
- else is compatible.
-
- > * Email to: th2_oate@uk.ac.uwe.csd * PGP 2.0 Key available upon request. *
-
- I am collecting public keys. Please consider this a request.
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
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