[Sheflug] Re: GPG/crypto (was SUID bit)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard  <richard [at] sheflug.co.uk> writes:

    Richard> I notice from the stuff that's coming to me from the SuSE
    Richard> security list and the GNUPG list that the subject of
    Richard> security holes in GNUPG and PGP 5.5 to 6.0 and above is
    Richard> being hotly debated everywhere.

Security holes relate to key management, not the algorithms.  Nobody
who's talking really knows what IBM or the NSA can do with any of
these; they just guess.  The algorithms are basically a moot point.


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