Problems with PGP Finland site?
Never mind. Sorry. It looks like http://www.pgpi.com/ is still open for business, so paranoia is unwarranted. Though I wonder for how long Network Associates will continue to publish source code books and encourage their wide distribution around the world? Or how long source code will be available at all. Or how long the freeware version will be available. --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
At 11:26 AM 12/06/1997 -0700, Tim May wrote:
Though I wonder for how long Network Associates will continue to publish source code books and encourage their wide distribution around the world?
Or how long source code will be available at all.
Or how long the freeware version will be available.
I don't know about source code, but remember that the McAfee side of NA has been letting people use their virus checker as freeware for years for noncommercial use. The more interesting problems are how fast will the PGP staff leave after the merger, depending on what happens to their salaries, stock, etc., and how dead the Key Recovery Alliance support in NA is. Rumors I've heard are that the staff will lose a lot of people, but on the other hand the KRAP support is pretty dead. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
On Sat, Dec 06, 1997 at 11:26:17AM -0700, Tim May wrote:
Never mind. Sorry.
It looks like http://www.pgpi.com/ is still open for business, so paranoia ^^^^^^^^^^^ is unwarranted. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Though I wonder for how long Network Associates will continue to publish source code books and encourage their wide distribution around the world?
Or how long source code will be available at all.
Or how long the freeware version will be available. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The underlined parts are a contradiction, amusingly enough. A freeware version will always be available. It just might not come from NA. -- Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited", kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke... PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55 http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html
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