1997-11-15 - Re: Key Signing

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
To: Robert Hettinga <cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <3.0.3.32.19971115002328.00739298@popd.ix.netcom.com>
Reply To: <199711141003.LAA02307@basement.replay.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-11-15 08:33:00 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:33:00 +0800

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:33:00 +0800
To: Robert Hettinga <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Key Signing
In-Reply-To: <199711141003.LAA02307@basement.replay.com>
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At 02:47 PM 11/14/1997 -0500, Robert Hettinga wrote:
>Except, how was Bill able to change the passphrase if he didn't know the
>old one?

It's one of Richard Stallman's old passwords.....

I was surprised that PGP 5.0 does the right thing when the passphrase
is empty - it's one of those things that's easy to miss, and in C
often leads to bad behaviour.
				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com
Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF  3C85 B884 0ABE 4639






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