I received the following and thought it would be of interest to the list: *.................................................................* . == = =....James D. Wilson.....jdwilson@gold.chem.hawaii.edu.. . " " "....P. O. Box 15432..........or..NetSurfer@sersol.com.. . " " /\ "....Honolulu, HI 96830..Give me the finger for my key. . \" "/ \"....FRC/FAM/AASR/GWB/OTO..........NETSURFER............ *.................................................................* -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- VIACRYPT POLICY STATEMENT ViaCrypt(tm) PGP(tm) compatibility with MIT PGP Version 2.6 27 May 1994 This policy statement may be reproduced and redistributed as long as it is done so in its entirety and without alteration. On 24 May 1994, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology began distribution of PGP Version 2.6 which incorporates the RSAREFTM Cryptographic Toolkit and is licensed for personal noncommercial use along with other restrictions. MIT stated that to protect RSADSI's intellectual property rights in public key technology, PGP V2.6 is designed so that messages it creates after 1 September 1994 will be unreadable by earlier versions of PGP, which includes ViaCrypt PGP V2.4. PGP V2.6 will, however, always be able to read messages generated by ViaCrypt PGP V2.4. It is ViaCrypt's policy to make ViaCrypt PGP interoperable with both ViaCrypt PGP V2.4 as well as with MIT's release of PGP V2.6. Therefore ViaCrypt will soon release ViaCrypt PGP V2.7 which will contain new features found in PGP V2.6 and will accept messages created by ViaCrypt PGP V2.4 as well as those created by PGP V2.6. For messages created by ViaCrypt PGP V2.7, either the present format compatible with ViaCrypt 2.4 or the new format which will be produced by PGP V2.6 after 1 September 1994, can be selected. Because PGP V2.6 is licensed for personal noncommercial use, after 1 September 1994 the new format is expected to come into wide use. ViaCrypt strongly urges all ViaCrypt PGP users to upgrade to ViaCrypt PGP V2.7 and to the new format. A ViaCrypt PGP V2.7 upgrade package will be made available to registered users of ViaCrypt PGP V2.4 at a nominal charge of $10 (which includes shipping and handling). Effective the date of this notice and until ViaCrypt PGP V2.7 begins shipping, all new purchasers of ViaCrypt PGP V2.4 will automatically receive a free ViaCrypt PGP V2.7 upgrade package. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.4 iQCVAgUBLeZDzmhHpCDLdoUBAQE9iAP/Rg7iO+adsNHSfmGT51BNzrVTzhUlHrcE Nl/i4BAfz3THOb1mr2th3Ed8SzFllw3qXE7jos9Ddu0SeAxKCktt/7KL0JJD25q1 6Bqwq51XU8ID3Sl9lfUjjeFjT9ZQrng2FnPFmDZQbGqDWnhhtgpJ8k4hr+IJ8/Vb kyar9V5LtM4= =o3iY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----