[techtalk] Which PGP?

[Michael Carson]

Telsa Gwynne wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 12:13:34PM -0500 or thereabouts, Subba Rao wrote:
> > On  0, Nils Philippsen <nils at wombat.dialup.fht-esslingen.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > I wouldn't use the "original" PGP as it has a pretty dumb license and this
> > > backdoor crap. I use the GNU Privacy Guard (www.gnupg.org) and am content
> > > with it so far.
> >
> > Thanks for replying. Is GNU PG easy to use?
>
> I personally (and your mileage may vary on this) find it easier than
> PGP.

    Can you interoperate with PGP?  If so, which versions?

    Also, does anyone know the technical details of exactly what the PGP
5.X backdoor is?

C.



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