-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- as I heard the story, NA was not really aware they were in KRAP; seems like a marketing type (no brains as first requirement) signed them up at the inception --however, they never made formal signed application; and, they never paid their dues. rest as follows.... and it does not make me trust PGP 5+ anymore than I ever did. PGP 5.5 may not endorse KRAP and he rest of that nonsense, but it sure has the hooks for it. attila on or about 971207:1245, in <199712071245.MAA01821@server.test.net>, Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> was purported to have expostulated to perpetuate an opinion:
William Geiger <whgiii@invweb.net> writes:
Well McAffe has reluctantly pulled out of KRAP.
Well here it is, as it's pretty short:
Sounds like good news to me.
: Network Associates Withdraws from Key Recovery Alliance : : Network Associates made the decision today to withdraw from the Key : Recovery Alliance. The decision to withdraw has been made based on the : acquisition of Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. (PGP), announced on December : 1. : : Network Associates' decision to buy PGP was based on a commitment to : PGP's product line and the deployment of strong cryptography. : : NAI believes that although the Key Recovery Alliance is not in itself : a political organization, membership in it has unintended political : consequences that outweigh any technical benefits we may receive.
Adam
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