OpenPGP.org and GnuPG

[Derek Atkins]

No, openpgp.org is not related to the OpenPGP IETF Working Group.

-derek

pplf <pplf@wanadoo.fr> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> The web site www.openpgp.org has no link at all for GnuPG versions on
> his page download : http://www.openpgp.org/resources/downloads.shtml
> 
> The links given to download OpenPGP are the pgp.com, pgpi.com, or
> web.mit.edu/network/pgp links.
> 
> The name "GnuPG" or GPG appears only at the "Members" page.
> 
> I think it is not a good thing : GnuPG is the most famous free OpenPGP
> version and it must be here.
> 
> Last week, I had a discussion by e-mail with Philip Zimmermann, and I
> said him some people may think he is misappropriating the name
> "OpenPGP.org", and that he done this because he sells PGP(tm)
> www.pgp.com and FileCrypt www.veridis.com/openpgp/
> 
> Philip Zimmermann replied me that the "Download" page at the
> openpgp.org web site was not updated since his beginning (2 or 3 years
> ago, I think), then he said me in another e-mail that I was
> "insulting" him.
> 
> Unfortunately, he didn't changed the "Download" page at
> www.openpgp.org and GnuPG is still not there :-(
> 
> Do you think it is a good thing that GnuPG is not shown in the
> www.openpgp.org "Download" page ?
> 
> I see by doing a whois that the domain "openpgp.org" is owned by the
> "OpenPGP Research Group".
> 
> domain:		OPENPGP.ORG
> owner-address:	OpenPGP Research Group
> owner-address:	C/O Terje Elde
> owner-address:	C/O Jan Pedersen
> owner-address:	Granliveien 1
> owner-address:	N-1406
> owner-address:	Ski
> owner-address:	Norway
> 
> Do you know if this "OpenPGP Research Group" part of the IETF-OpenPGP
> working group ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> pplf
> 
> 
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       Derek Atkins
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
       derek@ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com