7.7.1. "Where can I get PGP on CompuServe?" - Note: I can't keep track of the major ftp sites for the various crypto packages, let alone info on services like this. But, here it is; - "Current as of 5-Jul-1994:" GO EURFORUM / Utilities PGP26UI.ZIP PGP 2.6ui GO PWOFORUM / New uploads PGP26.ZIP PGP 2.6 PWOFORUM also has the source code and documentation, plus a number of shell utilities for PGP. Version 2.3a is also still around." [cannon@panix.com, Kevin Martin, PGP on Compuserve??, alt.security.pgp, 1994-07-08] 7.7.2. Off line PGP + ftp.informatik.uni- hamburg.de:/pub/virus/crypt/pgp/tools/pgp-elm.zip - another place: Crosspoint: ftp.uni- kl.de:/pub3/pc/dos/terminal/xpoint XP302*.EXE + "I highly recommend Offline AutoPGP v2.10. It works seamlessly with virtually any offline mail reader that supports .QWK packets. Shareware registration is $10.00 US. The author is Staale Schumacher, a student at the University of Oslo, is reachable at staale@ifi.uio.no . The program should be pretty widely available on US bbs's by now. I use the program constantly for bbs mail. It's really quite a slick piece of work. If you have any trouble finding it, drop me a note." [bhowatt@eis.calstate.edu Brent H. Howatt, PGP in an offline reader?, alt.security.pgp, 1994-07-05] - oak.oakland.edu in /pub/msdos/offline, version 2.11 - ftp.informatik.uni- hamburg.de:/pub/virus/crypt/pgp/tools/apgp211.zip 7.7.3. "Should I worry about obtaining and compiling the PGP sources?" - Well, unless you're an expert on the internals of PGP, why bother? And a subtle bug in the random number generator eluded even Colin Plumb for a while. - The value of the source being available is that others can, if they wish, make the confirmation that the executable correspond to the source. That this _can_ be done is enough for me. (Strategy: Hold on to the code for a while, wait for reports of flaws or holes, then use with confidence.) - Signatures can be checked. Maybe timestamped versions, someday. - Frankly, the odds are much higher that one's messages or pseudonymous identity will be exposed in others ways than that PGP has been compromised. Slip-ups in sending messages sometimes reveal identities, as do inadvertent comments and stylistic cues.
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