[expat1000]

In the early days, PGP was open source. It was practically impossible for anyone to insert a back door.

Still available open source without the bells and whistles. www.gnupg.org/

[LibWhacker]

Thanks. I figured Symantec probably wouldn allow anyone to maintain open source versions. I guess Zimmerman must’ve stipulated otherwise when he sold it, which is a good thing; I won’t have to fall back on the ancient versions I downloaded in the early 90s. For now, I don’t use PGP. I’ve never been able to get a single one of my friends or relatives to show the least bit of interest (yet they still lick the flap shut on their snail mail).