[patch] Support for GNU Privacy Guard [2.3.0]
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Joao Luis Silva Damas
joao at ripe.net
Thu Oct 14 12:15:05 CEST 1999
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 > >__________________________________________________________________________ > >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 >__________________________________________________________________________ > >Attachment converted: Joao:gnupg.patch (TEXT/ALFA) (0003083A)
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