[5566] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: crypto on calculators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Crawford)
Thu Sep 9 19:13:54 1999
To: mgraffam@idsi.net
Cc: Arnold Reinhold <reinhold@world.std.com>, coderpunks@toad.com,
cryptography@c2.net
From: "Matt Crawford" <crawdad@fnal.gov>
In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 09 Sep 1999 18:18:54 EDT.
<Pine.LNX.4.04.9909091809250.5112-100000@albert.critical.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 18:00:28 -0500
> > Are you saying that there are existing encryption programs for the
> > Pilot or that there are better languages to program it in? (Basic
> > really isn't bad for something like RC4)
>
> If I understand it correctly, there exists a Pilot C (C++ ?) development
> suite for Windows from Metrowerks.
And there are development tools (cross-compiler & emulator) for unix
as well.
> [...]
> Indeed. Thats why I originally coded MD5 on my 92, I was going to
> put together an S/key calculator for it. But then the need for S/key
> thankfully went away, and my remote-access needs switched entirely
> to SSH.
My pilot has both ssh and pgp on it, as well as an s/key calculator.
All this stuff is out there, and free!
(I feel the moderator's scissors closing on this thread....)
Matt
