[14147] in Cypherpunks
Re: PGP 2.6 is dangerous in the long term ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lefty)
Wed May 25 15:34:15 1994
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 12:29:16 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
>What if (the cypherpunk community) comes out with a secure program that
>doesn't rely on RSAREF? Can it be done?
Bizdos and gang will _still_ hold the patent on RSA-style public key
encryption. What you're suggesting is, in essence, exactly what Phil
Zimmerman did with PGP 1.0.
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