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Announcement: PGPi 5.0 licenses

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Andrei Robachevsky andrei at ripe.net
Tue May 22 00:36:23 CEST 2001

Andrei Robachevsky wrote:
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Following the discussion at the RIPE-39 meeting, Aril 30 - May 4 2001,
> the RIPE NCC will discontinue issuing licenses for PGPi 5.0 software. No
> licenses will be issued after June 1, 2001.
> 
> There are two main reasons for such decision:
> 
> 1. The PGPi 5.0 software contains several bugs that may compromise the
> security of the generated keys. The RIPE NCC can issue licenses only for
> this version of the software.
> 
> 2. The v3 of the RIPE Database supports GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard)
> software, which is available free of charge and is proved to be a
> reliable and secure software.
> 
> To learn more about GnuPG software, please visit http://www.gpg.org.

The correct URL should be: http://www.gnupg.org. Apologies for the
mistake.

Regards,

Andrei Robachevsky

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andrei Robachevsky
> DB Group Manager
> RIPE NCC

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