[patch] Support for GNU Privacy Guard [2.3.0]

Hi Paul,

this is great! We'll be looking at this. We have been interested in GNU PG
for a long time and it is nice to see that it has finally come to a usable
state.

We'll be looking into the possibility of making this patch a standard part
of the current database. As you know we are really busy with the
re-implementation now and would like to finish that as soon as possible.

Joao

At 12:54 +1000 13/10/99, Paul Gampe wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I have modified the RIPE Whois database code version 2.3.0 to support the
>(public domain) GNU Privacy Guard program instead of the (commercial) PGP
>International program for the PGP authentication. The patch is attached.
>I'll port this patch to 2.3.1 in the next week or so.
>
>GNU Privacy Guard does not use any patented algorithms and is under the
>GPL licence, so you do not need to purchase any licences to use it.
>
>Adding support for both PGP and GNU PG to the RIPE whois database was not
>that straightforward so this work is not yet in production.  I would
>appreciate any feedback on anyone who decides to try it.
>
>GNU Privacy Guard and PGP International can both be used to update the
>database as GNU PG supports PGPi 5.x keys as well as the IETF standard for
>OpenPGP (RFC2440).
>
>
>Thanks to the RIPE-NCC for making their code available as always!
>Paulg.
>
>References::
>
>GNU Privacy Guard:	http://www.gnupg.org
>PGP International:	http://www.pgpi.org
>OpenPGP WG:	http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/openpgp-charter.html
>
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>
>For PGP Key ID B49E3514,                            mailto:paulg at apnic.net
>send mail with Subject: pgp-key-request            phoneto:+61-7-3367-0490
>Paul Gampe - Technical Team - APNIC Pty Ltd          faxto:+61-7-3367-0482
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