[PGP-USERS] FW: Serious bug in PGP - versions 5 and 6

[Walter Truitt]

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On 25 Aug, Werner Koch wrote:

> It is just that all PGP >= 5 versions are broken by design/bug  and
> the majority of encrypted mail is send by PGP implementations.  Have a
> look at the key servers stats and you will see that most keys have
> been created by PGP >= 5.

My key was created by gnupg, but the keyserver says Version: 5.0

> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> Version: 5.0
> Comment: PGP Key Server 0.9.4

When I use gpg to export it it has a different set of strings.

> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (SunOS)
> Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

I don't feel you can use the keyserver as a guide to what versions of
pgp are being used.

 -walter

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (SunOS)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQA5pnPgiLUKb039nx4RAujdAKDryLPTa3v34snGQTDgqVC3gl9YfwCg2pj9
yWpC/5A1Wv/7hq6QGm3FsqI=
=3ApP
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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