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diff --git a/doc/a-decade-of-gnupg.txt b/doc/a-decade-of-gnupg.txt index 7ab57a865..7d625dfc6 100644 --- a/doc/a-decade-of-gnupg.txt +++ b/doc/a-decade-of-gnupg.txt @@ -196,3 +196,23 @@ Happy Hacking, [8] http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/cyber/articles/19encrypt.html [9] http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5124/1.html +=== Remarks === + +In a reply to this mail Alan Olsen remakrked on the ML: + + MIT was forced to use the RSAREF library which had a non free + license. At first they used the RSAREF2 library, but then they were + told to use the RSAREF1 library. (I diffed the two libraries and + determined that the only difference was that RSAREF2 had fixed a + number of buffer overflows and other security flaws. There were no + added features.) + + If I remember correctly, 2.5 had RSAREF2 and 2.6 had RSAREF1. One + of the main reasons for the creation of the "International version" + was the use of RSAREF. (Besides the security issues, it was pretty + damn slow. In the days of the i386 people cared about speed.) + +Jaime Suarez translated the text in his blog, see + + http://wordpress.mundocripto.com + |