Re: ALERT: PGP removed from soda archive site

[tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)]

Al Billings wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jun 1993, Eric Hughes wrote:
> 
> > The ftp site at soda will no longer be able to distribute PGP, I'm
> > afraid.  It appears that CERT informed someone on campus that
> > "pirated" software was available on soda.  The word came down, and the
> > directory has been chown'd root and has had permissions removed.
> 
>  What does CERT stand for again?

Computer Emergency Response Team, set up in the wake of the Morris
worm in 1988. They meet to discuss security threats.

BTW, I just downloaded MacPGP from soda and saw no problems. I didn't
try ordinary PGP, as I assumed the circumstance Eric mentioned had
changed and PGP was once again available.


-Tim


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