Re: ViaCrypt PGP 4.0 for Windows shipping

[moen@cyberspace.com (Bruce Moen)]

And I am new here, so doubly sorry for the same reason.  But I was 
corresponding with Via Crypt on this same point and here is a copy of 
what they sent me.  

>From barnhart@viacrypt.comWed Mar 27 05:22:25 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 12:08:49 -0700
From: "Dave Barnhart, ViaCrypt Product Manager" <barnhart@viacrypt.com>
To: moen@cyberspace.com

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Dear Sir:

Eric Nesson here at ViaCrypt has shared your email inquiry with me, and I
thought I should contact you to provide you with some clarification and more
information.

The post you read on alt.security.pgp is in reference to *new types of keys*
that ViaCrypt PGP can create.  This means that, in addition to the PGP keys
that we have all been using for a long time now, ViaCrypt PGP can also create
keys with some special attributes.It is these *new types of keys* that are not
recognized by the existing freeware PGP.

You can continue to use your existing keys with ViaCrypt PGP 4.0.  And you can
create new keys that are fully interoperable with all the older PGP's out
there.  It is only when you generate a new key and turn on one of these special
attributes that it becomes unrecognizable by the existing freeware PGP.

These special attributes I refer to are:

1. "This key can be used for encryption/decryption only.  It cannot be used for
digital signatures."
2. "This key can be used for digital signatures only.  It cannot be used for
encryption/decryption."

We call keys with this special attributes 'single-function keys'.

I hope this answers your questions.  If not please do not hesitate to ask.

Best Regards,
David Barnhart
ViaCrypt Product Manager

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Version: 4.0 Business Edition

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1J8iBOp+Uj75hxUhr9gY45IUZtcqYHLHCECVpoqcLU2iJsVqMKhv5ohmiTYHEW4Z
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ktsCrAB5A2MxuYve1XVVRXwPc7rLN4T4RHqUcKgw4nvnbiKmGYcliA==
=OFTV
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On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Alan Olsen wrote:

> I have not seen this here yet, so sorry if you have seen it...
> 
> ViaCrypt is claiming that they are now shipping the Windows version of their
> PGP 4.0.  (I tend to not believe marketing claims until I hear from people
> who actually have it.)
> 
> Does anyone know if there are plans for this version to be interoperable
> with PGP 3.0?
> 
> Furthermore, has anyone tried the new version?
> ---
> Alan Olsen -- alano@teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction
>         `finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key 
>                 http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ 
>   "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon
> 
> 
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