From: "Ric V. Carvalho" <gandalf@waverly.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:23:37 -0700 (PDT)
To: "'cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: PGP 5.0 AND 5.5.5/ RSA/DSS SECURITY
Message-ID: <l03130301b1dc261e286e@[205.159.233.111]>
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I have a question.
I have been using PGP since version 2.  I recently picked up the shareware
version of PGP 5.0/5.5.5
I have both.  I was wondering how secure DSS is?  Also, I was interested in
knowing if the RSA encrytion method used in 5.0 or 5.5.5 is in anyway
different from say version 2.6.3   Is it looser, more penetrable?  How
vulnerable are these versions compared to the older versions?

Thanks in advacne for your time and cosideration.

Life, Liberty, Property,

-Ric

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