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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