NODE 0960bdfdWhy PGP 2.5 sucks...
ER CRAMER <crame001@hio.tem.nhl.nl>Fri, 20 May 94 01:24:34 PDT
PGP 2.5 really sucks...
Why?
- You can't use your old secret key. So you have to build a new one.
Why? I don't know. But PGP 2.5 don't recognize your pass phrase anymore.
Maybe that new RSA algoritme is easier to crack. So they force everybody
to create a new key...
- A new RSA algorithm??? What's wrong with the old one???
- Why not bigger keys than 1024 bits???
- Why can't PGP 2.3a read PGP 2.6 messages anymore after 1 september 1994?
The only good thing about 2.5 is that it's legal in de USA and Canada? But
why doesn't someone gets a license for PGP 2.3a so that's a legal version
too! (or is that inpossible???)
... If you outlaw Privacy, only the Outlaws will have Privacy!
Eelco Cramer <crame001@hio.tem.nhl.nl> ------
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NODE 41829112Re: Why PGP 2.5 sucks...
Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>Fri, 20 May 94 11:52:19 PDT
- You can't use your old secret key. So you have to build a new one.
Why? I don't know. But PGP 2.5 don't recognize your pass phrase anymore.
Maybe that new RSA algoritme is easier to crack. So they force everybody
to create a new key...
Sure you can. If you can't, then this is a bug and should be
reported. (There is a known bug in the idea code that causes it to
lose on some platforms because memcpy does not deal with copying over
overlapping bodies of memory).
This bug has been fixed for 2.6!
- A new RSA algorithm??? What's wrong with the old one???
NOT! It's the same RSA algorithm, just a different RSA engine.
I hope this helps
-derek