Last night's BLU Keysigning meeting - followup

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

"Derek D. Martin" <ddm at pizzashack.org> writes:

> IMO, the best advice I can give you is switch to GPG.  I think it's
> supported better, and easier to use (though this may just be personal
> preference).  Also, I've no idea what version you're using, but I've
> also heard in various security circles that NAI has mucked with the
> code for more recent versions of PGP at NSA's request.  I will not
> speculate as to whether this is rumor or substantiated fact...

Please stop spreading unfounded rumors and FUD.

The code for PGP 6.5.8 is available from the same sources that the
binaries.  And no, the NSA did not get any back doors into it.

-derek

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