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Re: lynx-dev RSA is now in the Public Domain
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Thomas E. Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev RSA is now in the Public Domain |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 08:29:20 -0400 (EDT) |
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2000, Thomas Dickey (address@hidden) said:
> |
> | On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 04:23:20AM -0600, Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> | > Not being ones to let a PR opportunity slip thru their grubby/greedy
> | > little paws, RSASEC has released the RSA algorithm to the Public
> | > Domain a whole TWO WEEKS early.
> |
> | well, not only that, but the last-minute bug 'reports' telling how insecure
> | pgp is...
>
> Were there additional bugs beyond the CERT Advisory about the use of
> ADK's (Additional Decryption Keys)?
not that I recall. But the timing appears to have been well-chosen.
> Am I wrong, or did you just forget to add a smiley to your reply .. :-) ..
;-)
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