From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 22:56:02 +0800
To: Mark Bainter <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP backdoor?  (No, I'm not paranoid.)
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At 01:22 PM 2/28/96 -0800, Mark Bainter wrote:

>personally thought they were being paranoid.  However, this guy tells me 
>that he met Phil at defcon and phil told him that he co-operated with 
>the government and gave them information that would enable them to crack 
>key's for versions later than 2.3.   

Since Phil didn't personally write 2.3 *or* versions later than 2.3, he
couldn't have conspired with the Feds.  In addition, source code makes back
doors difficult.

DCF


I don't know whether to believe him 
>or not, as I said earlier he is not a long-time friend or anything, so he 
>could just be lying to me.  If anyone has any information on this I would 
>appreciate it.
>
>---
>"Man did not enter into society to become 
> worse than he was before, nor to have 
> fewer rights than he had before, but
> to have those rights better secured." 
>             --- Thomas Paine 1791
>
>>>My key is on the keyservers.
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