From: "Lance W. Bledsoe" <lwb@cs.utexas.edu>
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Subject: PGP warning (fwd)
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        gallen@arlut.utexas.edu (greg allen)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 09:01:52 -0500 (CDT)
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In a previous message Dick@ccgate.dragonsys.com posted:
>From fap-approval@world.std.com Wed Oct 19 07:39:09 1994
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From: Dick@ccgate.dragonsys.com
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Subject:  PGP warning 
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My apologies to those who aren't interested in crypto, so I'll keep
it short.  I got this from a local bbs by a user in Missouri.  I'm not
subscribed to the crypto lists, so I don't know if this is widely
known.

[Begin included message]
A major flaw has been found in the latest versions of the text
encryption program PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), Versions 2.6 and
2.7.  This includes the
"Mac" versions, DOS/Windows/Unix and so forth..

This flaw allows text to be inserted behind the "signature" and
can also allow the message to be tampered with without having a
"corrupted message or file" appear to the receiver.

This is NOT being made widely known, so pass this around to
EVERYWHERE on all local boards and BBS's.."

[end included message]

Rich Benedict       |"Those who beat their swords into plowshares
dick@dragonsys.com  |       will plow for those who don't"


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