GNUPG / PGP / Java / hushmail.com

L. Sassaman rabbi@quickie.net
Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:11:29 -0800 (PST)


On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Anthony E . Greene wrote:


> Your key is accessible to Hushmail, making the entire exercise a waste of
> time for most of the user who would use such a service. Their passphrase
> would likely be vulnerable to dictionary attack.
Pick a good passphrase.
> >* To what extent is GNUPG based on the GPL sources of PGP 2.6.x?
>
> There are no GPL versions of PGP.
PGP 1.0 was GPL'd.
> >* Is there a free version of PGP for business use (considering that the RSA
> >patent expired)?
>
> No.
PGP prior to 5.x is free for whatever use. __ L. Sassaman Security Architect | "The only cure for Technology Consultant | sadness is learning" | http://sion.quickie.net | --Thomas Jefferson -- Archive is at http://lists.gnupg.org - Unsubscribe by sending mail with a subject of "unsubscribe" to gnupg-users-request@gnupg.org