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Re: PGP 2.6 uses RSAREF version 1

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joshua geller)
Wed May 25 00:18:16 1994

From: joshua geller <joshua@cae.retix.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 21:13:25 -0700
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, hal@MIT.EDU

>Some people have wondered whether including RSAREF 1, rather than
>RSAREF version 2, is an oversight in the PGP 2.6 distribution.  It is
>not an oversight.  Version 1 is what we intended.

uh huh....

>The change from RSAREF 2.0 (in PGP 2.5) to RSAREF version 1 (in PGP
>2.6) was done on the advice of RSA Data Security, which has granted
>MIT permission to access non-published routines in all RSAREF versions
>1.nn, 

what the FUCK?

what mean non-published routines?

>      and rights in accordance with the version 1 license.

something smells here.

josh

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