During the bombing raid on Wed, 2 May 2001 20:36:27 +0200, Alexander Skwar was
heard mumbling in fear:
> So sprach Vox am Wed, May 02, 2001 at 12:16:50PM -0500:
> >
> > During the bombing raid on Wed, 2 May 2001 20:06:44 +0200, Alexander Skwar was
> > heard mumbling in fear:
> >
> > > So sprach Vox am Tue, May 01, 2001 at 05:07:05PM -0500:
> > > > > > Because GnuPG does not use use any patented algorithm it cannot be
> > > > > > compatible with PGP2 versions. PGP 2.x uses only IDEA (which is
> > > > > > patented worldwide) and RSA (which is patented in the United States
> > > > > > until Sep 20, 2000).
> > > > >
> > > > > What about updating this?
> > > > >
> > > > > "...and RSA (which was patented in the United States until 2000-09-20)"
> > > > > Alexander Skwar
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't gpg now include RSA since it's no longer patented? I seem to
> > > > remember it does
> > >
> > > Yes, I think so too - but read the original sentence again: "PGP 2.x uses
> > > only IDEA and RSA". It's talking about PGP 2.x, not GnuPG
> >
> > Yes, it's talking about PGP2.x...but the fact that GPG now uses RSA
> > means that it is no longer incompatible with PGP2.x, at least when using RSA :)
>
> Oh, right - I should have read the sentence right before that ;) Well, *IS*
> GnuPG compatible with PGP 2.x? What about the IDEA part?
I'd say it's 50% compatible hehehe :) I don't use encryption, so I'm
not quite sure hehehe :)
Vox
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