NA/McAfee pulls out of KRAP (Re: One for the Good Guys)

[Attila T. Hun]

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    as I heard the story, NA was not really aware they were in KRAP; seems
    like a marketing type (no brains as first requirement) signed them
    up at the inception --however, they never made formal signed application;   
    and, they never paid their dues. rest as follows....  and it does not
    make me trust PGP 5+ anymore than I ever did. PGP 5.5 may not endorse
    KRAP and he rest of that nonsense, but it sure has the hooks for it.

        attila

on or about 971207:1245, in <199712071245.MAA01821 at server.test.net>, 
    Adam Back <aba at dcs.ex.ac.uk> was purported to have 
    expostulated to perpetuate an opinion:

>William Geiger <whgiii at invweb.net> writes:
>> Well McAffe has reluctantly pulled out of KRAP.
>> 
>> http://www.pgp.com/newsroom/na-kra.cgi

>Well here it is, as it's pretty short:

>Sounds like good news to me.

>: Network Associates Withdraws from Key Recovery Alliance
>: 
>: Network Associates made the decision today to withdraw from the Key
>: Recovery Alliance. The decision to withdraw has been made based on the
>: acquisition of Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. (PGP), announced on December
>: 1.
>: 
>: Network Associates' decision to buy PGP was based on a commitment to
>: PGP's product line and the deployment of strong cryptography.
>: 
>: NAI believes that although the Key Recovery Alliance is not in itself
>: a political organization, membership in it has unintended political
>: consequences that outweigh any technical benefits we may receive.

>Adam

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