"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@snark.imsi.com> writes:
Rather than everyone freaking out about 2.5, why not just wait a few hours until the FTP site is announced and look at the thing for ourselves?
Myself, I'm running on the assumption that this is a good thing, because now PGP is completely legal in the U.S., and doubtless a PGP thats legal overseas using a library compatible with RSAREF will appear within days of release.
Amen to this! Wait a week, and this might be a great thing. If not, keep using 2.3a. I know that Jim Bidzos was interested in having a "pgp compatible" program that started with rsaref and was legal and free. I know because I asked him about liscensing last spring. He pointed me to an effort that professor Jeffery Schiller (pgp key 0C4EE1 (jis@mit) on the usual servers) was coordinating. I exchanged a few messages with a student up there, then got lost in GMU work and lost track. I think the student did something else, like crack RSA-129. But there are lots of students at schools like MIT and GMU. I sure hope this can provide a cloud free PGP for broke students. Lets drop this thread for while, ok? Pat Pat Farrell Grad Student pfarrell@cs.gmu.edu Department of Computer Science George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Public key availble via finger #include <standard.disclaimer>