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RE: !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !!
> From: Walt Armour <[email protected]>
> To: "'Matthew Ghio'" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !!
> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 22:30:23 -0800
> There is no arguing that 40 bits is strong security. I agree with that.
[...]
> As for security, the current release of PnC is primarily targetting
> privacy, not security. They are two very similar but different approaches.
> 40 bits is sufficient to encrypt files and keep them away from friends,
> family and coworkers (unless you work at the NSA). The point of Point 'n
> Crypt is to attempt to make encryption technology easily useable and
> widespread. If anything you have is of such a nature that 40 bits isn't
> enough protection then by all means don't use PnC (at least not this
> version :).
[...]
> later,
> walt
Would you mind telling us just how you expand the 40 key to the 56
bits needed for DES? (Security through obscurity has a bad rep on
this list). For many methods of doing so, 40bit DES is NOT
secure against a motivated individual's attack.
Peter Trei
[email protected]