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To be more precise, the standardized encryption system is called OpenPGP (RFC4880) whereas PGP is the name of tool which was written by Phil Zimmermann.
by irundebian 8y ago
To be more precise, the standardized encryption system is called OpenPGP (RFC4880) whereas PGP is the name of tool which was written by Phil Zimmermann.
- scandox 8y agoThough it would appear the source of the original PGP software is no longer publicly accessible [1], so how would one know if it was vulnerable? I think the EFF probably meant people using various implementations right? [1] https://philzimmermann.com/EN/findpgp/ https://philzimmermann.com/EN/findpgp/
- irundebian 8y agoYes, especially mail solutions which are using OpenPGP implementations such as GnuPG. It looks like its rather an mail client issue than an OpenPGP implementation issue: https://twitter.com/gnupg/status/995931083584757760?s=19 https://twitter.com/gnupg/status/995931083584757760?s=19