From: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 05:07:30 +0800
To: bryce@digicash.com
Subject: Re: Need PGP-awareness in common utilities
Message-ID: <199607061837.OAA19841@unix.asb.com>
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On  6 Jul 96 at 15:11, bryce@digicash.com wrote:
[..]
> I really don't see why programs like majordomo, UseNet
> moderation-bots, and most noticeably the PGP key distribution
> program are PGP-unaware.

> Okay, fine.  Having waited for FIVE YEARS or however long it has
> been, you who are responsible for such handy dandy programs may now
> convincingly argue that you might as well wait for another few
> months to get PGPlib.  But I sincerely hope that once PGPlib arrives
> we don't wait another five years before using it.

Good point...

> There is another argument that people sometimes make-- that
> it is too complicated to ensure pubkey<->True Name.  SO WHAT!  

I've <i>never</i> seen that argument.  It's a non-issue for making 
programs PGP-aware.

[..]
 
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