Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 17:47:09 -0600 (UTC -06:00) From: "Frank A. Kaul".<FKAUL@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Subject: PGP pulled from Ziffnet To: libernet@Dartmouth.EDU
A couple of weeks ago I downloaded PGP from Ziffnet due to the justice department crackdown. I visited their software libraries today and was greeted with the following notice!
Pretty Good Privacy (PGPRIV.ZIP) Removed ---------------------------------------- We must extend our apologies to those of you who read the CompuServe Magazine article on Data Encryption and tried to find PGPRIV.ZIP here in our library. Due to the controversial nature of Phil Zimmerman's Pretty Good Privacy program and the fact that several legal questions surrounding this program have remained unanswered, we have removed it from our library. We are investigating the legal issues concerning its distribution, and it will remain unavailable until further notice.
Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.
Talk about a chilling effect.
Frank A. Kaul fkaul@oread.cc.ukans.edu