[14094] in Cypherpunks
Re: compatibility with future PGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue May 24 15:58:28 1994
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 May 1994 15:27:28 EDT."
<9405241927.AA23276@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 15:54:09 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Derek Atkins says:
> > 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.
>
> Wrong, Perry. Go read the announcement again. 2.6 will read old
> messages, but after sept 1 it will start generating incompatible
> messages that old versions cannot read.
Ahem. This is only true if the pkccompat mode was on. I have plenty of
text around that 2.5 will not read. This is not tragic, but the
situation might arise.
In any case, I don't understand why anyone would rationally oppose the
distribution of Pr0duct Cypher's patches -- you don't have to use them
if you don't like.
Perry
