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Re: PGP ban rumor - any truth?
No, no truth to it. "Polaris93" has just been off his medication for
too long.
Perry
[email protected] says:
> >From: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 22:38:15 EDT
> >Subject: Re: Somethin' Spooky ...
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> >I just purchased Bruce Schneier's _Applied Cryptography_ (John Wiley & Sons,
> >1994; ISBN # 0-471-59756-2; $49.95). Worth every cent I paid for it. It
> >covers every single possible aspect of computer information security --
> >including a section on the infamous PGP = the security program Pretty Good
> >Privacy," which can _not_ be broken by _anyone_ who does not have whatever
> >key you yourself choose for the encryptation on your data. The next edition
> >will _not_ carry that chapter -- the government has stepped in and is
> >threatening a court action unless the publishers strike it from the next
> >edition. So get your copy now -- and get one of PGP, because the feds have
a
> >bill _already_ in the words to make sale, distribution, etc of it completely
> >illegal in the US.
> >
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