[108227] in Cypherpunks
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mgraffam@idsi.net)
Tue Feb 9 03:09:01 1999
From: mgraffam@idsi.net
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:48:49 -0500 (EST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199902090655.HAA05432@rogue.seclab.com>
Reply-To: mgraffam@idsi.net
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, DOOM Anonymous Untraceable User wrote:
> hello, PGP international (www.pgpi.com) has released the source code to
> the mac and wincrap version of pgp 6.0.3i. Does any know if there is a
> Unix version planned, or are we Unix users resigned to use 5.0i forever?
The very question I've been waiting to see answered.
Is the crypto any different in 6.0.3 from 5.0?
If so, and if there is no UNIX version planned, I would call for people
to help (I'll put in time and code to the effort) in pulling PGP 6 apart
and interfacing the crypto layer to the PGP 5.0i UI code, or
alternatively to create a new UI.
In this case, I would personally like to see the 5.0i UI code be used if
possible, for obvious reasons of code reuse, but also so that existing
scripts work.
In the end, a new face for PGP might be nice anyhow, with full X GUI
support and all the fixings. Irrelevent for me, really .. for me X is
just a really slick terminal manager (Xterm rules :) but many people
would like this.
If the crypto is the same, then I won't bother. If you like GUI's you
shouldn't be using UNIX and X anyhow. 2^64 different widget sets, each
with their own workings and such is no way to run a GUI. Of course, this
is why the UNIX gods run things this way in the first place. :)
KDE, Gnome? Heretics! :)
(c'mon I'm kidding guys .. no flames or widget wars .. I'm just
remembering the good 'ole days of my DEC VT100 tied to my little Sun IPC
is all.. )
Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@idsi.net)
