From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 07:14:20 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: PGP Inc. buys ViaCrypt (was: Zimmerman/ViaCrypt?)
In-Reply-To: <0PggPD7w165w@Garg.Campbell.CA.US>
Message-ID: <4r95j8$db6@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>
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In article <0PggPD7w165w@Garg.Campbell.CA.US>,
Edgar Swank  <edgar@Garg.Campbell.CA.US> wrote:
>Phil disagrees with ViaCrypts new "business" version of PGP which
>apparently encrypts all messages with an employer-supplied public key
>in addition to any specified by the employee.  ViaCrypt has their side
>of the argument on their web page.
>
>   http://www.viacrypt.com/
>
>The basis of the possible lawsuit would be that ViaCrypt violated
>their agreement not to put any "back door" into any product with the
>PGP name. Whether the "business version feature" could be defined as a
>"back door" would be the crux of the argument.
>
Muppet news flash:

I'm listening to the SAFE conference live by RealAudio, and Zimmerman just
announced that on Friday, PGP Inc. bought ViaCrypt.  He didn't give any
more details.

   - Ian

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