From owner-freebsd-security Thu May 18 8:32:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 827C437B6E3 for ; Thu, 18 May 2000 08:32:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@cyrus.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (robert@fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA29643; Thu, 18 May 2000 11:31:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from robert@cyrus.watson.org) Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 11:31:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Martin Machacek Cc: security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: New host key for freefall! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 18 May 2000, Martin Machacek wrote: > On 17-May-00 Garrett Wollman wrote: > > Perhaps all the FreeBSD people are using either 2.6.2 or GnuPG, so > > they really don't care whether the commercial product exists or not. > > I use GnuPG, personally, since then I don't have to worry about any > > licensing issues at all. > > I'm using Linux version of PGP 6.5.2 on FreeBSD 3.3 without any > problems. Maybe that's another reason ... For all interested: I contacted the appropriate NAI/PGP developers to find out about a native FreeBSD build a few weeks ago. The response was that they have seen zero (0) demand for a FreeBSD build, and therefore don't believe there is a substantial market to support a porting effort. I would tend to believe it's one of these, ``If you don't build it, they won't come'' kind of things, as well as that the communication channels between sales and development on that side are quite weak--prior to joining NAI, I spent literally hours on the phone trying to register my copy of PGP and failed to give them money :-(. However, I think an organized campaign here would make a difference--if your company has an NAI/PGP sales rep, let them know that you're interested in a native FreeBSD build. In particular, let them know if you are willing to spend money--there's no point in building a visible demand that falls through on the sales side, making it less likely to happen next time :-). Robert N M Watson robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message