From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 May 94 10:09:11 PDT
To: David Taffs <dat@ebt.com>
Subject: Re: PGP 2.5 problems?
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On Tue, 17 May 1994, David Taffs wrote:

> So, again, what are the problems with PGP 2.5, if any?

I don't remember them all, but I believe this is many of them:
	no independent testing (ie, we're told it works, that's all)
	Will not work with non-U.S. and CA people
	Limit of 1024-bit keys
	questionable political influences
	still no independent testing (what if there's a backdoor for the NSA?)
	Just plain rude

Meybe there's others as well, that's all I remember off the top of my 
noggin'.


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