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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:13:14 -0400
From: Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
To: redhat-devel-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: future Redhat security-patches updating policy ?

On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 02:26:20PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> It can -- but it isn't the solution, just a workaround for the U.S.
> censorship.  The real solution would let RedHat ship it on their CDs. 
> GnuPG (not GnuPGP) is in a lot better position, though -- it's produced
> outside the U.S., and is still legal (no patent issues) within the U.S.,
> so one program can be used anywhere.

So now, for the good news.  Beginning with Red Hat Linux 6.1, all our
packages are GPG signed.  Red Hat Linux purchased in the US includes
GPG, mutt with GPG hooks, a GUI frontend to GPG (called gpgp), and
the 128 bit crypto version of Netscape Communicator.

Matt
msw@redhat.com

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