[14084] in Cypherpunks
Re: compatibility with future PGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue May 24 14:15:43 1994
To: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 May 1994 14:07:06 EDT."
<199405241807.OAA05660@bwnmr5.bwh.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 14:12:42 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Adam Shostack says:
> Technically, they never had access to v1, either. As I said
> in my first message, I've heard 2.5 has already found its way out of
> the US. If that is the case, then the non-US users have access to
> 2.5.
I wouldn't know where to find 2.5 outside the U.S.
Besides, there are other scenarios in which one would want such
patches. Here are just a couple.
1) You have a friend with an old PGP who wants to send you mail and
who can't get a new PGP. Old PGP will read old PGP generated files,
but new will not read old.
2) You have a friend eight months from now who only has old PGP and
who you would like to send new PGP to. He knows your old-form
signature but can't read the new one. The patch is simple enough
that he can verify it himself. You can send it to him and then send
him a signed copy of the new PGP.
In any case, I see no reason to oppose people posting patches.
This is the last time I'll post on this topic. Its getting old fast.
Perry
