PGP 2.6.2??

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I saw in alt.security.pgp recently that a new release of PGP was due in
the next few days from MIT. Evidently this version will handle the generation
of keys of up to 2048 bits.

Can anyone substantiate this?

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To: werewolf@io.org (Mark Terka)
cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 2.6.2?? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Oct 1994 05:00:52 EDT."
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> I saw in alt.security.pgp recently that a new release of PGP was due
> in the next few days from MIT. Evidently this version will handle the
> generation of keys of up to 2048 bits.
> 
> Can anyone substantiate this?

Yes, I can.  In fact, I am patching 2.6.1 up to 2.6.2 as I write this
letter.  There _will_ be a 2.6.2 release, although I cannot confirm
the date it will be released.  Most likely, it will not be released
for at least a week, possibly longer than that, depending on testing
results.  Official notice will be sent out when the release occurs.

Actually, the code will still not _generate_ 2048-bit keys, but it
will accept them properly.  In the near future PGP will most likely
generate keys that size.

The official PGP FAQ, Buglist, Improvements is on the Web:
	http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/pgp-faq.html

This gets updated whenever I receive new bug reports and/or
improvements to PGP.  Be warned: this URL is subject to change without
notice.

Hope this answers your questions.

- -derek

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