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- From: jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz)
- Subject: Re: Cryptology, RSA, public domain program called Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
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- References: <1992Nov13.015549.18467@u.washington.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:03:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.015549.18467@u.washington.edu> jcl@yonext.apl.washington.edu writes:
- >I read an article in Dr. Dobb's Journal ( May 1992 ) titled
- >"Untangling Public-key Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier. In it he
- >mentions a public domain program call Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) that
- >implements the RSA public-key encoding/decoding algorithm. He says
- >that this program, last updated by folks in New Zealand in April, is
- >available on computer bulletin boards worldwide. If someone can tell
- >me a specific bulletin board to look for this program I would be most
- >appreciative. Also, I've been unable to find a news group that deals
- >with cryptography in general and would also appreciate leads in that
- >vein. Thanks!
-
- To find PGP, use archie. It was originally written for MS-DOS, I think,
- but there's a pgp-2.0 unix port on the Net. There's also a newsgroup
- that deals with it: alt.security.pgp. The newsgroup for cryptography is
- sci.crypt. Btw., there's some question about the legality of using PGP
- in the USA, since it violates the RSA patents (RSA does permit use of
- PEM software for personal email, but I'm not sure if that clause covers
- other people's code based on their algorithms.)
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