PGP 2.6.2??
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Sun Oct 2 21:13:35 PDT 1994
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To: werewolf at io.org (Mark Terka)
cc: cypherpunks at toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6.2??
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Oct 1994 05:00:52 EDT."
<4LIZkOwsc-m8072yn at io.org>
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> I saw in alt.security.pgp recently that a new release of PGP was due
> in the next few days from MIT. Evidently this version will handle the
> generation of keys of up to 2048 bits.
>
> Can anyone substantiate this?
Yes, I can. In fact, I am patching 2.6.1 up to 2.6.2 as I write this
letter. There _will_ be a 2.6.2 release, although I cannot confirm
the date it will be released. Most likely, it will not be released
for at least a week, possibly longer than that, depending on testing
results. Official notice will be sent out when the release occurs.
Actually, the code will still not _generate_ 2048-bit keys, but it
will accept them properly. In the near future PGP will most likely
generate keys that size.
The official PGP FAQ, Buglist, Improvements is on the Web:
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/pgp-faq.html
This gets updated whenever I receive new bug reports and/or
improvements to PGP. Be warned: this URL is subject to change without
notice.
Hope this answers your questions.
- -derek
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