[39476] in Cypherpunks
Encryption algorithms used in PrivaSoft
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (L. McCarthy)
Tue Sep 19 15:31:13 1995
From: lmccarth@cs.umass.edu (L. McCarthy)
To: clav@deltanet.com (David Clavadetscher)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 14:55:56 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: privsoft@ix.netcom.com (PrivaSoft)
Reply-To: lmccarth@cs.umass.edu
In-Reply-To: <9509191826.AA19743@server1.deltanet.com> from "David Clavadetscher" at Sep 19, 95 11:26:11 am
Dear PrivaSoft-
Your Web page, "What is PrivaSoft ?"
(http://www.megasoft.com/privasoft/about.html) says:
> How does it work?
>
> PrivaSoft scrambles and descrambles an image of the document using Bitmap
> encryption. When scrambling, PrivaSoft divides the document into tiny tiles
> and shuffles them pseudo-randomly using your secret key as part of the
> encryption algorithm.
This is an extremely general description of encryption and decryption. I am
interested in learning more about the cryptographic algorithms used in the
PrivaSoft product. Where should I look for further details ? Are there
technical contacts within your organization who would be willing to discuss
this in email ? References would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely
-L. McCarthy <lmccarth@cs.umass.edu>
