From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 94 21:13:35 PDT
To: werewolf@io.org (Mark Terka)
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6.2??
In-Reply-To: <4LIZkOwsc-m8072yn@io.org>
Message-ID: <9410030413.AA22993@hodge-podge.MIT.EDU>
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To: werewolf@io.org (Mark Terka)
cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6.2?? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Oct 1994 05:00:52 EDT."
             <4LIZkOwsc-m8072yn@io.org> 
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> I saw in alt.security.pgp recently that a new release of PGP was due
> in the next few days from MIT. Evidently this version will handle the
> generation of keys of up to 2048 bits.
> 
> Can anyone substantiate this?

Yes, I can.  In fact, I am patching 2.6.1 up to 2.6.2 as I write this
letter.  There _will_ be a 2.6.2 release, although I cannot confirm
the date it will be released.  Most likely, it will not be released
for at least a week, possibly longer than that, depending on testing
results.  Official notice will be sent out when the release occurs.

Actually, the code will still not _generate_ 2048-bit keys, but it
will accept them properly.  In the near future PGP will most likely
generate keys that size.

The official PGP FAQ, Buglist, Improvements is on the Web:
	http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/pgp-faq.html

This gets updated whenever I receive new bug reports and/or
improvements to PGP.  Be warned: this URL is subject to change without
notice.

Hope this answers your questions.

- -derek

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