Talked to Phil Zimmermann....

Timothy C. May tcmay at netcom.com
Sun Aug 29 13:13:31 PDT 1993


I rarely waste your time with minor spelling or grammar corrections,
or even missing words, but this omission needs a correction:


> 2. Phil will carefully inspect the code, including the RSA part, and
> is confident no funny business is planned by ViaCrypt or anyone else.
> 
> (I have to trust Phil on this matter more than any "panel" or the
> like....after all, he wanted to put trapdoors in, he could in the
> existing PGP--though of course this is highly unlikely to have been
> put in in the first place and to have remained undiscovered all this
> time.)

"...after all, if he wanted to put trapdoors in...."

The "if" is the all-important subjunctive qualifier.

-Tim







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