From: rjc@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray)
Date: Fri, 20 May 94 03:04:14 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Why PGP 2.5 sucks...
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Ray Cromwell writes:
> PGP 2.5 really sucks...
> 
> Why?
>  - You can't use your old secret key. So you have to build a new one.
>    Why? I don't know. But PGP 2.5 don't recognize your pass phrase anymore.
>    Maybe that new RSA algoritme is easier to crack. So they force everybody
>    to create a new key...

   Seems like it should be a simple task to code up a utility to convert
old format keys to new ones.

-Ray