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1994-05-26 - Re: PGP 2.6 is dangerous in the long term ?

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: nelson@toad.com (Russell Nelson)
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UTC Datetime: 1994-05-26 12:11:41 UTC
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 94 05:11:41 PDT
To: nelson@toad.com (Russell Nelson)
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6 is dangerous in the long term ?
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Russell Nelson says:
>    Date: Wed, 25 May 94 10:25:30 -0700
>    From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
> 
>       You have to assume that RSA isn't being run by idiots.  Either they're
>       looking at closing their doors in seven years, or they've got a plan.
> 
>    I asked Jim Bidzos about this last year.  He told me they're planning
>    on becoming a supplier of cryptography code and expertise.
> 
> If they had expertise, they wouldn't need patents.

Make no mistake, they have expertise. As much as we like to denegrate
them, they are responsible for several algorithms we all use every
day, like MD5.

That said, I agree that the patents are unsavory. However, none of us
thus far have shown the testicular fortitude to challenge any of them.

Perry

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