From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 05:45:13 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Is it true that PGP 5.X is not secure?
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Lars Weitze wrote:
>  
> There are still rumors about that...

My humble knowledge does not permit my answering your question.
However, I suppose your question is problematical. It is difficult
to define security, or more precisely a scientifcally rigorous
measure of security. I don't think that it is sensible to talk about 
absolute security without reference to a context (environment). In 
my view there is no 'perfect' encryption system in the practical
world. If by 'not secure' you meant something that malicious persons 
have secretely manipulated to cause you damage, then I also don't 
know but I guess that to be highly unlikely, given the good historical 
record of PGP. 

M. K. Shen