PGP problems with PMMail 2000 Pro

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:08:53 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:

>Wednesday, December 22, 1999, 7:34:59 AM, Brian wrote:
>> However, what do you do when someone else uses 2.6.3i and can't change?
>> PMMail/2 and PGP 5.0i can get around this, surely it is just a matter
>> of compiling the SDK with the RSAREF library linked in isn't it?
>
>    s/can't/won't/
>
>    I am not aware of a platform that supports 2.6.3i that doesn't have a 5.x
>series available.  With the recent change in US crypto export laws there are
>even less barriers.  Given the recent overflows found in the RSAREF libraries
>I think it it time for the few remaining holdouts to realize it is time to get
>out of the '80s.

Yes, I only have my RSA key for backward compatibility now but what you
say is true. Trouble is, it may be that they won't change for bad
reasons, but they still won't change.

Glad 5.0i doesn't use RSAREF!

-- 
Brian Morrison                                  bdm@fenrir.demon.co.uk
              do you know how far this has gone?
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