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VinCrypt
Has anyone heard of this product or know how to get in touch with
its authors/developers?
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Journal: Computerworld March 1 1993 v27 n9 p6(1).
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Title: Hackers switch sides, offer security package. (includes
related article on the VinCrypt data security application)
(Product Announcement)
Author: Daly, James
Abstract: Notorious computer hackers introduce their $159 VinCrypt
encryption package, which enhances data security. The
DOS-based application has been created by highly skilled
underground systems programmers. Co-developer Ian Murphy,
who is president of Secure Data Systems Inc, also will
distribute the application. He indicates that VinCrypt
has not gained the approval of any government agency, but
he does not seek government approval. Murphy believes that
data encryption packages based on the Data Encryption
Standard or RSA Data Security Inc's standards are not secure
because their basic algorithms have been given to the
National Security Agency. VinCrypt's source code will not
be passed around, but some experts suggest that it then will
be difficult to evaluate the package's real security
effectiveness.
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Type: product announcement
Product: VinCrypt
Topic: Data security
Software Packages
Product Introduction
Computer hackers
Encryption
Standards
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