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It has been well over two years since the last version of PGP which
did not support RSA (6.0.2), and even then most editions still
supported RSA. I didn't make the decision to not ship RSA in
particular editions of PGP, but the fact is that it was the right
thing to do at the time given the legal issues surrounding RSA. I'm
not going to defend it now because it is ancient history.
As more people upgrade to more recent versions now that PGP is once
again for the first time in many years covering nearly all platforms
(even MVS now, eek), fully supporting RSA and all other previous
algorithms in all editions, fully compatible with the old 2.6.2
command line interface, etc... these problems will subside.
Unfortunately, we can't change the pace at which software is
upgraded.
Adam Back wrote:
> I'm sure Vin'll give us the RSA labs spin... over to you Vin :-)
> Perhaps even some PGP folks would like to defend their decisions to
> release PGP versions without RSA support.
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Will Price, Director of Engineering
PGP Security, Inc.
a division of Network Associates, Inc.
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