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| | CNN - GNU launches free encryption tool - September 9, 1999 |
 | | Because GnuPG does not use patented algorithms such as IDEA (International Data Encryption Algorithm), as well as the fact that it was developed outside of the U.S., it is not subject to export restrictions as PGP is, the group said. |
 | | Privacy Guard works on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD systems, and although it was not written with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows and Windows NT systems in mind, it has been ported to those systems with positive results, according to Youmans. |
 | | The GNU Project, based in Boston, Massachusetts, was launched in 1984 to develop a free Unix-like operating system, called GNU/Linux. |
| www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9909/09/gnupg.idg/index.html (430 words) |
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