[91186] in Cypherpunks
PGP integration, CD-R (was Re: PGP / Outlook Express Plugin Problem)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rip van Seaberg)
Mon Dec 1 15:01:46 1997
From: "Rip van Seaberg" <ems@jrandom.com>
To: cypherpunks@infonex.com
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 19:13:48 GMT
In-Reply-To: <710eabcd66f483175a2ce24987449a11@anon.efga.org>
Reply-To: "Rip van Seaberg" <ems@jrandom.com>
I think PGP has done a good job with their latest GUI, and I know they
aren't stupid, so I'm really puzzled why they went out of their way to
make a tool that can't be used from other tools. (Well, I gather it's
still possible, if you run a Unix they offer a binary for.) Oh well,
there should be better OpenPGP implementations.
In <710eabcd66f483175a2ce24987449a11@anon.efga.org> on 1997-12-01,
someone writes:
> ["CLIs are haarrd" raving ...] PGP plugins allows mail to be encrypted
> or decrypted with a single click[....]
Iff your client has Most Favored Mailer status. Of course, those don't
have remailer support or NoCeMs. Remember how users used to be able to
do our *own* integration?
> Tune in next week to find out how your trusty floppy disks may soon be
> replaced by Compact Disk Read Only Memory devices.
On that subject, I've been pondering CD-R lately. Are broken pieces
unreadable to a determined adversary, or is forward secrecy a must?
How about erased CD-RW or PD (with used OTP material on them...)?
Point and grunt,
--Rip
