From: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 17:30:25 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 5.0??
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someone writes:
>  Wrong!  You must telnet to all.net, but the correct logname
>  is "getpgp" with no password.  It will ask you some questions
>  (like are you a US citizen), and then give you an
>  export-controlled ftp directory to go to.
>
>  As far as I know, however, PGP 5.0 is still in beta test,
>  though you can get a snapshot from there (in source form only).
>  They also have source and binaries for the latest released
>  version of PGP 3.

what are you guys talking about???  AFAIK, the most current, released,  
version of PGP is 2.6.2.  Version 3 is not finished and anything you may get  
your hands on is a prerelease version.  PGP 4 and 5 simply don't exist!

...and isn't all.net the site of the Good Doctor Fred Cohen??


andrew