From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:42:38 -0800 (PST)
To: "Dale Thorn" <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Information [for new PGP user]
Message-ID: <19961110024029578.AAA189@localhost>
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On Thu, 07 Nov 1996 07:08:52 -0800, Dale Thorn wrote:

>> >> > I'm a new Cyberpunk!
>> Probably wearing a set of Ono-Sendai eyeballs....
>> >> > Last,  I would like to know once and for all,  is PGP compromised,  is
>> >> > there a back door, and have we been fooled by NSA to believe it's secure?

>> You can read and compile the source code yourself.

>Really?  All 60,000 or so lines, including all 'includes' or attachments?

>I'll bet you can't find 10 out of 1,000 users who have read the total source,
>let alone comprehended and validated it.


That's not necessary - it's the fact that it's possible that matters;  most
of us are content to trust the various people who actually have.  However,
I'd probably be inclined to look into it seriously if I was going to use it
on anything incriminating or potentially linked to my checkbook...


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