1998-02-03 - A fatal flaw in PGP 6.0

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Message Hash: c4f511e1cda4dbdb359c4bfe5820d95d36ee76965b7c0fcce3c847d0fbdc9d95
Message ID: <199802032021.VAA18446@basement.replay.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-02-03 20:35:08 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 04:35:08 +0800

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 04:35:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: A fatal flaw in PGP 6.0
Message-ID: <199802032021.VAA18446@basement.replay.com>
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This was posted anonymously to alt.security.pgp last night

>Subject: PGP 6.0 alpha3
>Date: 3 Feb 1998 00:15:56 +0100
>
>Anyone else having problems with the alpha of PGP 6.0?  When I try to
encrypt e-mail I get an error:
>
>FATAL ERROR
>
>Unable to find key "ghost@nsa.gov"
>Please obtain a new key from Network associates.
>
>
>Other than that it's pretty slick!  I'm not sure I'd have the default
cypher as ROT-13 though!  I changed mine to RC-2 255-bit.
>
>Anyone else?

Anyone like to confirm this?






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