RE: PGP 2.6.1 release from MIT
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From: Philip Zimmermann <prz@acm.org>
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To: All PGP users Date: 2 Sep 94 Re: PGP 2.6.1 release
This new version has a lot of bug fixes over version 2.6. I hope this is the final release of this family of PGP source code. We've been working on an entirely new version of PGP, rewritten from scratch, which is much cleaner and faster, and better suited for the future enhancements we have planned. All PGP development efforts will be redirected toward this new code base, after this 2.6.1 release.
Anyone have an idea of what these "enhancements" will be? New data formats? 2 -- C -- ... __o .. -\<, chris.claborne@sandiegoca.ncr.com ...(*)/(*). CI$: 76340.2422 PGP Pub Key fingerprint = A8 FA 55 92 23 20 72 69 52 AB 64 CC C7 D9 4F CA Avail on Pub Key server.
This new version has a lot of bug fixes over version 2.6. I hope this is the final release of this family of PGP source code. We've been working on an entirely new version of PGP, rewritten from scratch, which is much cleaner and faster, and better suited for the future enhancements we have planned. All PGP development efforts will be redirected toward this new code base, after this 2.6.1 release.
Anyone have an idea of what these "enhancements" will be? New data formats?
Or when they will be available? I tried FTPing them over the weekend and only found the 2.6.0 version. --Paul
A message will be sent out when 2.6.1 is available. I expect it to be available later today or tomorrow, but wait for the mail that says that it is available and where to get it! -derek
Well, I haven't seen the code, but some ideas I'd have for enhancements are: - signatures at the end of the packets for one-time data passes - signature revocations - userID revocations - real database key management - extensions for alternative encryption and message digest algorithms - modularization of the code - a PGP library and API - much of the wish list Vesselin Bontchev has created -derek
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