Version

John A. Martin jam at jamux.com
Sat Oct 10 10:31:00 CEST 1998


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Why do we put the platform on the version?

Is that not gratuitously advertising information some might prefer to
leave unsaid?

Is it an OpenPGP requirement?  Older PGPs did not do it.

Is it intended to indicate that is is from a system that might have a
good /dev/random?  Is that necessary?

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