Keyserver service outage

Alan Barrett barrett at daisy.ee.und.ac.za
Thu May 5 00:21:53 PDT 1994


> At that time, the keyserver will no longer accept keys that are
> identified as having been created by versions of PGP lower than 2.4.
> (PGP 2.4 is Viacrypt PGP.)

It is my understanding that folk outside the USA can legally run PGP
versions from 2.0 to 2.3a, but cannot legally run Viacrypt 2.4 or the
RSAREF-based version 2.5, because they contain code that cannot be
exported from the USA.  Thus, it appears that the keyserver will not
accept any legally created keys from outside the USA.  I think that this
is a bad thing.

--apb (Alan Barrett)






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