[CrackMonkey] TOWERS OF HANOI, SOLVED.

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Miles Nordin (carton at Ivy.NET):

>     rm> 2.6.x only haltingly communicates with PGP 5.0, PGPi 5.x,
> 
> WRONG!

Ha.  Very funny.

Let's see:  We have

o  DH-only versions of PGP that can't read RSA keys at all.
o  Versions built with RSAREF that can't read RSA keys larger than 
   2048 bits.
o  5.x versions that can't read DH keys bigger than 4096 bits, and
   DSS keys larger than 1024 bits.
o  PGP 2.6.x being unable to read any RSA keys that have DH/DSS 
   signatures attached, or that are in anything better than RSA v. 3
   format, or where the message was signed using SHA1 or RIPEMD-160
   hashing instead of MD5.

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, but that will do for starters.  We're 
essentially to understand that...

> PGP 5.x is not the original PGP.

...2.6.x is to be regarded as the One True PGP, to which everything else 
must be unconditionally compatible at any price.  Sorry, the world has 
moved on.  But hey, you've got access to 2.6.3i source code.  Feel free
to tack on a non-patent-encumbered symmetric cipher.  And:

> I stand by my well-researched expert statements of fact.

Right on top of your patent-rights violation, in fact.  Which is OK by
me.  But, as to your assertion that everyone else has to join you in it,
for the benefit of your girlfriend's PDA:  Fuck off.

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