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[openpgp] Re: OpenPGP grammar concerns (fwd: [Peter Gutmann] Re: [oss-security] Retrospective by 'gpg.fail' authors)

Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Tue, 06 October 2026 09:08 UTC

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On Sun, Oct 04, 2026 at 01:23:09PM +0100, Andrew Gallagher wrote:
> Hi, Peter. 
> 
> On 4 Oct 2026, at 06:32, Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I was just quoting Thomas Ptacek there,
> 
> Do you have a reference? I’m not familiar enough with his works to find the specific quote.

He linked to that in his previous message: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46404339

G'luck,
Peter

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