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In <slrn6769me(_dot_)jcp(_dot_)lutz(_at_)taranis(_dot_)iks-jena(_dot_)de>, on
11/19/97
at 05:50 PM, lutz(_at_)taranis(_dot_)iks-jena(_dot_)de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
said:
* William H. Geiger III wrote:
I will release my subroutines w/source for ascii-armor encoding/decoding
into the public domain. That way everyone will have them available to use
as they wish free of charge.
Will this be an acceptable solution to the "problem"??
No. The problem is not programming efforts (which is quite simple to
handle), the problem is the KISS principle. Ascii Armor is simply
outdated.
Well I don't believe that the case has been made that Ascii Armor is
outdated.
As far as KISS what can be more simpler than rfc822 with a PGP Ascii Armor
Block? Not to mention the fact that everyone currently using PGP can read
it.
Sorry but those wishing to drop Ascii-Armor have not made a cost/benefit
case (ie the cost of droping ascii armor out weigh the benefits of doing
so).
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William H. Geiger III http://users.invweb.net/~whgiii
Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0
Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice
PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail.
OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://users.invweb.net/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html
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