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Started by James C. Luby
Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:55
Cryptology, RSA, public domain program called Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
Author: James C. Luby
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:55
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:55
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I read an article in Dr. Dobb's Journal ( May 1992 ) titled "Untangling Public-key Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier. In it he mentions a public domain program call Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) that implements the RSA public-key encoding/decoding algorithm. He says that this program, last updated by folks in New Zealand in April, is available on computer bulletin boards worldwide. If someone can tell me a specific bulletin board to look for this program I would be most appreciative. Also, I've been unable to find a news group that deals with cryptography in general and would also appreciate leads in that vein. Thanks! Jim Luby
Re: Cryptology, RSA, public domain program called Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
Author: Jurgen Botz
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:03
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:03
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In article <1992Nov13.015549.18467@u.washington.edu> jcl@yonext.apl.washington.edu writes: >I read an article in Dr. Dobb's Journal ( May 1992 ) titled >"Untangling Public-key Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier. In it he >mentions a public domain program call Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) that >implements the RSA public-key encoding/decoding algorithm. He says >that this program, last updated by folks in New Zealand in April, is >available on computer bulletin boards worldwide. If someone can tell >me a specific bulletin board to look for this program I would be most >appreciative. Also, I've been unable to find a news group that deals >with cryptography in general and would also appreciate leads in that >vein. Thanks! To find PGP, use archie. It was originally written for MS-DOS, I think, but there's a pgp-2.0 unix port on the Net. There's also a newsgroup that deals with it: alt.security.pgp. The newsgroup for cryptography is sci.crypt. Btw., there's some question about the legality of using PGP in the USA, since it violates the RSA patents (RSA does permit use of PEM software for personal email, but I'm not sure if that clause covers other people's code based on their algorithms.) -- Jurgen Botz | Internet: JBotz@mtholyoke.edu Academic Systems Consultant | Bitnet: JBotz@mhc.bitnet Mount Holyoke College | Voice: (US) 413-538-2375 (daytime) South Hadley, MA, USA | Snail Mail: J. Botz, 01075-0629
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