Re: yarn and pgp i5.0

From: rex (rex@ptw.com)
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 17:54:43 -0700

bpaddock@csonline.net (Bob Paddock) wrote:
>Several people have asked on the list how to get PGP5 to
>work with YARN.
>
>The general reply has been to keep using RSA keys. After
>digging into the source code there are valid security
>reasons for moving to the DH/DSS Keys and Sigs.
>
>Here is a excript:
>
[...]

>With version 5.0.x from http://www.pgpi.com you can still
>use RSA keys, with version 5.5.x you can not. If you send a
>message to multiple people you can not intermix key types or
>the RSA person will not be able to read it.

This has changed. 5.5.3i will generate and use both RSA and DH keys.
For those who like a Winxx environment (I like the multitasking, but
prefer command line programs), it's a nice program.

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-rex