PGP 5.x and GnuPG

[Trevor Smith]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:50:50 -0800 (PST), L. Sassaman wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Trevor Smith wrote:
> 
>> 2. Can PGP 5.x encrypt messages using a public key generated by
>> GnuPG?
>
>If is is a v3 key.

OK, next question: what the heck is a v3 key? And a v4 key (referred
to later in your reply)?

>From the context above, it appears a v3 key is something produced by
GnuPG. But GnuPG is only at release level 1.0.1, correct?

>The reason is mainly the v3 vs. v4 key types. Note that PGP5 is not
>OpenPGP compliant.

Weird. Doesn't the OpenPGP RFC start by saying that OpenPGP is a
proposed standard based on PGP 5.0? How did PGP5 manage not to comply
with the RFC based on it?


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