PGP ban rumor - any truth?

>From: polaris93@aol.com
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>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.
>

No, no truth to it. "Polaris93" has just been off his medication for
too long.

Perry

f_griffith@ccsvax.sfasu.edu says:
> >From: polaris93@aol.com
> >To: libernet@Dartmouth.EDU
> >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.
> >
>

[...]
>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 --
[...]

Saw it on a bookshelf here, yesterday, for AUS$86.00.

Next to it was anoher book on Cryptography, for $97.95 by "Rhee", I didn't
have pen/paper to get the details down, but it was hardback and seemed to
be a good compliement to "Applied Cryptography" as it delt (almost purely
from a quick browse) with the theroies and mathematics of it, rather than
giving C source code for bits and pieces.

Are either of these worth their weight in gold ? (so to speak)

On Sat, 30 Apr 1994, Darren Reed wrote:

> Saw it on a bookshelf here, yesterday, for AUS$86.00.
> 
> Next to it was anoher book on Cryptography, for $97.95 by "Rhee", I didn't

I don't have a clue about this other book.

> Are either of these worth their weight in gold ? (so to speak)

Applied Cryptography could easily be renamed 'the cypherpunk's bible' in 
my opinion. It cost me about US$50, and it was definatly worth it. What 
makes it valuable is that it's focus is on the implimentation of crypto, 
not just the big math. It deals extensively with the different protocalls 
as well as all the major algorithims. I recomend it highly.

Happy Hunting, -Chris.

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