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Re: !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !!

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Subject: Re: !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !!
From: [email protected] (Matthew Ghio)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 19:49:59 -0500
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[email protected] (Walt Armour) wrote:
> Point 'n Crypt uses 40-bit DES-CBC (exportable), salted SHA passphrases,
> and conforms to PKCS #5 and PKCS #7.

40bit encryption isn't much security at all.  If you've got something
important enough to encrypt, then it's important enough to find a proper
encryption program.  Why would anyone buy this shit?

(That's a rhetorical question, of course; the answer is because some
people are stupid...)

References:
- !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !!
  - From: Walt Armour <[email protected]>

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