Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 12:32:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "Don's FList drop" <freelist@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu> To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> Cc: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: secure/ changes... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950731122952.10459F-100000@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199507260318.UAA20861@kithrup.com>
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On Tue, 25 Jul 1995, Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > In article <199507260200.TAA23061.kithrup.freebsd.security@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> you write: > You're a bright guy, Rod, and it's hard for me to say this, but: almost > everything in your message was WRONG. > > >PGP is a one way hash function, it is not encryption software, thus it > >does not fall on the munitions lists, thus it is not restricted. > > PGP is encryption software. It uses RSA. It is a munition. This is why > Zimmerman is currently facing a possible Grand Jury indictment, for ITAR > violations -- exporting munitions. To be overly anal, PGP in fact uses IDEA _and_ RSA. Data is encryped with an IDEA key, which is then included in the outgoing packet which is encrypted with the RSA key. This makes the body of the message more resistant to brute force attacks, blah blah blah.
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