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German government to fund GPG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Fri Nov 19 11:56:49 1999
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:15:25 -0500
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According to http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/cyber/articles/19encrypt.html,
the German government is going to help fund the GPG effort. GPG is an
open-source program that is compatible with (some versions of) PGP.
The U.S. government doesn't seem to be amused...
--Steve Bellovin
