From: allan@elvis.tamu.edu (Allan Bailey)
Date: Mon, 16 May 94 13:00:50 PDT
To: Cypherpunks Mailing List <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6 and the future
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"Robert A. Hayden" writes:
>Seems to me, perhaps, that the introduction of 2.6 might be a precursor 
>to RSA legally cracking down on anyone running pre-2.6 versions 
>(accepting that 2.4, viacrypt, is ok).  


How can they crack down on key-servers running only the keymanagement
code?  I don't think they can, but if they're in cahoots with the 
FED's then they can do what they want because they have guns.

>Scarey if you think about it, especially if the RSA folx are in bed with 
>the fed, which doesn't seem that unrealistic considering the political 
>climate.  That, coupled witht he fact that no one has yet verified the 
>seciurity of 2.5/2.6 lead me to seriously question the security of this 
>new version, since we are essentially being forced to use it if RSA 
>starts suing everyone, or gets the fed to crack down because of patent 
>infringement.

I'm willing to wager that this 2.6 and maybe 2.5 versions are 
hacked by the NSA to put in their spiffy key-escrowed backdoor.

Anyone think 2.6 *doesn't* have a backdoor added?

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