[13086] in Cypherpunks
Re: Keyserver service outage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Barrett)
Thu May 5 03:26:11 1994
Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 09:20:58 +0200 (GMT+0200)
From: Alan Barrett <barrett@daisy.ee.und.ac.za>
To: "Brian A. LaMacchia" <bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9405050410.AA11082@toad.com>
> At that time, the keyserver will no longer accept keys that are
> identified as having been created by versions of PGP lower than 2.4.
> (PGP 2.4 is Viacrypt PGP.)
It is my understanding that folk outside the USA can legally run PGP
versions from 2.0 to 2.3a, but cannot legally run Viacrypt 2.4 or the
RSAREF-based version 2.5, because they contain code that cannot be
exported from the USA. Thus, it appears that the keyserver will not
accept any legally created keys from outside the USA. I think that this
is a bad thing.
--apb (Alan Barrett)
