[91221] in Cypherpunks
Re: PGP bought by McAfee
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (phelix@vallnet.com)
Tue Dec 2 00:47:28 1997
From: phelix@vallnet.com
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 03:49:07 GMT
Reply-To: phelix@vallnet.com
On 1 Dec 1997 21:30:35 -0600, steve <xxxxxx@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>"Network Associates, Inc.
>>(Nasdaq: NETA, commencing Dec. 2), formerly McAfee Associates
>>(Nasdaq: MCAF), announced today that it has a signed a definitive
>>agreement to acquire privately-held Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. (PGP)."
>
>Varous Questions, comments rants, etc.:
>
>Does anyone know how this will affect PGP's:
>security, commitment to no-GAK, Founder (P. Zimmerman), the continuation
>of the PGP product line?
>
>I heard that McAfee's PCCrypto product will still be sold by NETA as a
>retail product, (are they considering
>incorperating the 2 together and just using PGP's team for R&D?)
>
>steve
Even more basic questions: Will NETA release source code? Will they
continue to develop freeware versions of PGP? What conections does NETA
have to S/MIME? What happens to licensing of things like PGPsdk and the
freeware versions of PGP? Will PGP be seen as a "dead-end" product by
potential new users. What will happen to Open-PGP email encryption
standard?
This is not good.
-- Phelix
