17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Tom Allard <m1tca00@FRB.GOV> wrote:
gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal) sez:
[...]
The restriction on what new keys they accept was part of the deal, but stop and think what it really means - is it going to affect *anybody*?
Yes, it will effect those not in the U.S. Or did you forget about them?
And what's to stop you fetching 2.5 and loading/re-dumping your old key from that version?
ITAR.
So that's it, isn't it? Clipperized PGP. The government has pressured RSA into allowing a new version of PGP, in an attempt to displace the use of freeware PGP, with the hope that they will then be able to control it more. This stinks.