[24976] in Cypherpunks
Re: pgp shells for windows....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp [khijol Sysadmin])
Sat Jan 7 05:19:41 1995
From: erc@s116.slcslip.indirect.com (Ed Carp [khijol Sysadmin])
To: RopeGun@calvino.alaska.net
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 03:13:24 -0700 (MST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.950107014244.RopeGun@RopeGun.alaska.net> from "Oren Tanay" at Jan 7, 95 01:32:52 am
Reply-To: ecarp@netcom.com
> I've read the pgp docs and several other unofficial documents on pgp and I have come to the conclusion
> that a shell for pgp is the most sensible approach using such a powerfull encryption program. I've
> searched to the best of my abilities and have found several pgp shells for windows, but all of them seem to
> assume that the user has an above average understanding of the workings of pgp and all of its uses. At
> this point your probably thinking that I'm looking for an easy way to get around learning pgp the hard way,
> but I'm not... the whole idea of pgp is that privacy and security be available to anyone, using any platform.
> But ease of use was not really one of the features built into pgp. If anyone can refer me to a windows
> shell for pgp (for dummys :-) ) I would like to get a copy of it for distribution on the bullitin board nets...
Which ones have you looked at?
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