Sigh... You know, when things are on a delicate balance, a single message sent too soon can really screw things up. I can tell you for certain that your questions *will* be answered in due time, please wait for the final arrangements to be made. No, PGP 2.5 is *NOT* available (this second). Yes, there is one in the works, and I expect it Real Soon Now. Also, please do not condemn Bal or his keyserver for not accepting keys from versions of PGP before 2.4 -- as I understand it, that was part of the agreement in order to make 2.5 happen, but I really don't know all the details. In the immortal words of a famous vulcan, the needs of the many outweigh the wants of the few. in other words, this is for a greater good that this has been done. You may not like it right now, but you can feel free to use any keyserver you want. However in the long run, this will greatly increase the usage of PGP. Just imaging, a freeware version of PGP that is *LEGAL* in the United States!!! Just think of all the people who have said that they refuse to use it because of the patent question; when that question is resolved, when 2.5 is released, all these people will start using PGP freely and openly and greatly increase the population of PGP users! As for the security of PGP 2.5, well, I haven't seen the code personally, so I cannot comment. FYI: Phil was in the US last weekend, and unless he has left the country within the last 5 days, he is still here. please await more information as it get released...... -derek Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, G MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) Home page: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/home_page.html warlord@MIT.EDU PP-ASEL N1NWH PGP key available