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Op dinsdag 4 september 2001 schreef ::Andrew:::
> 'Versions of PGP later than 6.5.3 may be downloaded from anywhere in
> the world since US export restrictions were lifted from these
> versions.' do we think this is because they've been weakened in some
> way?
you might be paranoid enough to think that is so, and there are people
that still use pgp 2.x for that very reason.
the clinton administration lifted the export restrictions on
cryptography at that time, so that's the reason you can download it
from the USA now when you're not actually IN the states.
the source-code is available for all versions up to 6.5.x (x=3, i
think) so you can verify for yourself, if you want, that there are no
secret backdoors. however, the 7.0.x sourcecode WAS NOT completely
published, which made some people think that 7.0 could have some of
those hyper-sekrit rear-entry snoop-your-password entrypoints.
but for that same very reason there is no pgp-plugin for thebat!, so
you needn't worry about them backdoors anyway.
moral of the story: if you want complete secrecy, you have to check
and compile all the programs you use yourself (including the compiler
and OS that is!). i've got a story about that one as well, but that's
for a later time :)
sleep well folks,
Mrten.
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