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So do accounting by the amount of outbound data and charge per bit. GTE Cable Modem is now beginning to filter virtually all well-known ports ("for my protection"). That means I now have to switch over to DSL and an ISP that explicitly supports servers.

I'm running a low-bandwidth community service site which will be banned. However, VoIP is ok all day long.

I don't believe their concern is bandwidth, though. They think only businesses need servers and even though they don't yet have a business offering, they want to be ready for one. So they divide the market into residential Web watchers and cash-cow businesses. It doesn't occur to them that ordinary citizens might want to provide content.

Marko

So do accounting by the amount of outbound data and charge per bit. GTE Cable Modem is now beginning to filter virtually all well-known ports ("for my protection"). That means I now have to switch over to DSL and an ISP that explicitly supports servers.

I'm running a low-bandwidth community service site which will be banned. However, VoIP is ok all day long.

I don't believe their concern is bandwidth, though. They think only businesses need servers and even though they don't yet have a business offering, they want to be ready for one. So they divide the market into residential Web watchers and cash-cow businesses. It doesn't occur to them that ordinary citizens might want to provide content.

Marko

I spent a couple of hours at my neighbor's on New Year's Eve. She had been advised that she needed to upgrade from AOL 4.0 to AOL 5.0 for Y2K. She did, but the upgrade killed her printer driver. She contacted AOL customer service but was simply told to contact the computer vendor. She did just that. She had been sold one of those extended warranties so Best Buy asked her to send the printer to one of their service contractors to be oiled or something.

I recommended that she apply the restore CD.

Marko

It is my understanding that the original copyright holder has the copyright to all derived works. That's why all contributed code segments, even if they form the majority of the code, are effectively donations to the original copyright holder.

The GPL guarantees that the contributors never lose the right to their code segments (and the original code base). However, the original copyright holder can issue a closed-source edition of the code with the contributions in it.

So, as far as I understand, Linus Torvalds could release a closed-source edition of Linux because he still is the owner of Linux, but he can't prevent the free software version from living on.

Marko

Not only that. They should actually write the tax laws in XML. English commentary could be provided, but in wouldn't be normative.

Another thing is that I don't think the citizens should do the tax calculation. They should just provide the input figures and let the government do the calculations. They do it anyway. Every one of my 1040's so far has come back corrected (usually in my favor).

But we all know why they can't simplify the system: all tax advisers would lose their jobs.

Marko

I had nightmares of modelines until I read the HOWTO. After that, the problem has been getting to know my hardware. If I see weird optical phenomena (shadows of mouse cursor, imploding LCD screen on Alt-Ctrl-F1 etc), I'm specifying too ambitious a modeline or color setting for the card or the monitor.

The HOWTO is a bit painful to read because it could be more concise. What you really need to know is the basic meanings of the modeline numbers plus -- this is important! --- the "Black Magic," which you couldn't come up with on your own.

Marko

Wrist and arm pain hit me hard a couple of years ago. I was really afraid of losing my way of life. Happily, I found an easy solution: I rest the keyboard on my lap while I'm typing.

The ergonomics consultant of the company described the right angle your joints should be in while typing and recommended these special computer keyboard rests. I found that the special keyboard rests were both too high for the right angle and tore my jeans (some sharp skrews underneath).

I also tried special keyboards, but they still left the most often used keys in the awkward periphery: { } | + ( ) * Shift BackSpace. I didn't go so far as giving up emacs -- C++ was the culprit, not the holy editor.

I still type C++ with emacs and an ordinary keybaord, which I'm keeping on my lap as I type (in various sitting positions). I haven't had any wrist problems since I started doing that -- except that I drop the keyboard every now and then.

Marko

I don't do cookies either. I have set up a simple web site for a free Esperanto course. I ask participants to submit the minimum amount of information, promise to keep it absolutely confidential and keep the user ID in a URL.

To avoid the URL method with cookies is a cheap excuse at least for sites like Slashdot.

Yeah, URLs can be bookmarked but the act of bookmarking is very visible to the user. In fact, I very much like having personal URLs instead of personalized URLs.

Marko

I don't do cookies either. I have set up a simple web site for a free Esperanto course. I ask participants to submit the minimum amount of information, promise to keep it absolutely confidential and keep the user ID in a URL.

To avoid the URL method with cookies is a cheap excuse at least for sites like Slashdot.

Yeah, URLs can be bookmarked but the act of bookmarking is very visible to the user. In fact, I very much like having personal URLs instead of personalized URLs.

Marko

Redhat can't eat all the fish and Redhat is a fish that can be eaten according to this page!

Well, we never got to the Pixar film because the previews scared the toddler away.

Whatever Pixar's intentions, my daughter can't stop watching Toy Story and Bug's Life on the video. But then, at home we have a volume control.

Marko

My 2 1/2-year-old daughter loves Woody and Buzz so the whole family went to see Toy Story 2 on Thanksgiving Day morning. We went in late but some previews were still running. They were so loud and scary (with roaring dinosaurs and rockets) that we had to leave after five minutes.

Movies are far too loud to be enjoyable even for adults. We usually use earplugs. They are nice because they only block the explosions but let the dialogue through. However, I'm sure that within 15 years the movie industry will face some class action lawsuits for lost hearing.

Marko

I am not a GNU/Linux or free software / open source zealot; I simply recognize its genuine strengths and enormous potential.

It's a bad sign that this sort of disclaimer has to go on top of articles about open source.

True; for a good essay on why this is bad, read Lars Wirzenius' article Advocating Linux. After I read this, I started really thinking about the necessity of MS bashing. Raving about 'your own OS' can be fun, but in the long run it hurts the reputation of the community. And that's a loss for us all.

Most spam has a forged sender address, which you can determine by looking at the message's headers. Instead of unfairly blocking hotmail, you should simply forward the spam messags (with all headers) to abuse@hotmail.com and have them deal with it whether it is a forgery or not.

Marko

What I wanted was some kind of simple scripting language where I could write a few simple rules for my vehicles and stations, rather than having to point and click for absolutely everything. Are there any games like this? (And don't say Core Wars :)

While it's still deep in development, WorldForge has exactly this plan in mind.

In parallel with our C++ server development effort, we are also developing a powerful scripted AI tool called Cyphesis which allows players to create customized scripts in Python. Cyphesis is a complete server in and of itself - you can run a game completely independent of any other server or client, although since it's in Python you're limited to a rather small number of entities.

Cyphesis bases its scripting on 'goals'. Rather than specify, "Move north, south, south, east, up", you will specify, "go to smithy and buy an axe" and the character uses internal AI logic to determine its path and what to do when it gets there. Cyphesis' author, Aloril, has plans for building in a wide wealth of artificial intelligence building blocks. If you're interested in helping develop AI stuff, drop him a line.

We intend to make very good use of Cyphesis in the WorldForge game system. In addition to being useful to players in running their own scripts, it can run goal-based monster AI's, ALife sims, and so forth.

While Cyphesis is still in alpha testing, you're encouraged to download it and check it out. And if you'd like to help developing it, or any other part of the WorldForge gaming system, hop on by our joining page for a todo list to get involved. It's a big system, as you can imagine, and we'd love to have more programmer and scripting help! :-)

This law is going to cause lots of tears and many crucifixions of ordinary, law-abiding people. Even worse, many hackers' spouses and children are going to lose their savings and homes because of it.

So can't we change the law before we see the sad precedents in 60 Minutes.

Marko

In fact, I speak it myself.

BTW, your linux distribution probably contains an Esperanto-HOWTO. And the GNU translation project has an Esperanto team. Plus KDE has Esperanto as one of the out-of-the-box languages.

Marko

Esperanto was not invented for that purpose. Esperanto's purpose is to be the one foreign language everybody in the world would study. That way any two people would have a spoken and written language they could use to communicate.

Esperanto is alive and well on the Net. Use your favorite search engine to find links. Here are some:

• Newsgroup (in Esperanto)
• Esperanto-League for North America
• Esperanto FAQ
• Free Esperanto email course

Marko

Esperanto was not invented for that purpose. Esperanto's purpose is to be the one foreign language everybody in the world would study. That way any two people would have a spoken and written language they could use to communicate.

Esperanto is alive and well on the Net. Use your favorite search engine to find links. Here are some:

• Newsgroup (in Esperanto)
• Esperanto-League for North America
• Esperanto FAQ
• Free Esperanto email course

Marko

You remind me of Barbados, where I talked with a local.

Barbadian: Where are you from?
I: Finland.
Barbadian: Where's that?
I: Between Sweden and Russia.
Barbadian: So is it in America or England?

Marko

A quick ripoff, wrong font and everything:

http://kato.iki.fi/kato/free-monopolize .gif

The site has limits on international traffic,
so if you like it, post a(n US) mirror.

Hello. This, like many other comments here, is meta-discussion, and thus not really on topic. I wish there was a better place for it, but I cannot think of any. Pardon.

I don't find the several derogatory messages appearing here a disastrous problem. Practically all of them have been moderated down, and I must commend the moderators for such prompt action. Everyone is aware, hopefully, that at threshold -1 you do get to see utter crap. This time there is more of it, mostly because of a few persistent flamebaiters. However, as always, you get what you ask for, if you don't want to see the worst of the worst, keep your threshold higher. The moderation system works, in my opinion, remarkably well in general.

However, please, people, do not feed the flames by replying to completely obvious trolls. Trust the moderators to do their job. Flaming flamers is just a waste of mutual resources, most notably reading time.

I suspect that starting IP banning would not be worthwhile. It would open yet another can of worms about censorship, and IP banning is not a foolproof protection against misbehaving individuals in any case. Like I said, I find the current moderation system doing its job commendably well. The only problem that I see that the comments on this story have revealed is that people who really see effort to abuse the system may overwhelm, or at least overload the moderators, and it must be frustrating for them. I cannot really see an obvious way to remedy the situation.

There is one thing that I actually am worried about, though, perhaps reflecting the frustration of the moderators. There seem to be several comments that have been moderated down, that I for one really don't see deserving it. Please, moderators, remember that you should only consider the topicality, language, and information content of a comment, not the opinions it expresses.

In addition to the hordes of (quite appropriately downmoderated) comments mainly concerned with bodily fluids, there are some comments which merely criticize the late Mr. Stevens and point out that something good may, in their opinion, result from his demise. I find it most unsettling to see posts such as these, not blatantly offensive and quite topical, moderated down. Yes, the dead should be respected, because it's unfair to abuse someone who cannot defend himself. But that doesn't mean that one should suddenly only start saying positive things about the dead. People have a right to their opinions unbiased by their subject's death, and as long as they are expressed with dignity, and are topical, I see no reason to moderate them down, even if the moderators are offended by them.

Like some comments have already pointed out, had Bill Gates died, it's doubtful that comments remarking that his demise might be positive for Linux would get moderated down. As a more extreme example, consider the phrases "Good riddance, Hitler", and "Good riddance, Stevens", uttered right after the deaths of the respective individuals. If you are to be impartial, you should moderate both the same way.

Actually, I cannot help being reminded of the Daria episode "The Misery Chick" where a local celebrity dies, and Daria, being the only one criticizing him after his death, gets shunned by everyone. I wouldn't like to compare Slashdot readership to the students of Lawndale High...

Lauri Alanko
la@iki.fi

PS. I wouldn't be at all surprised if JonKatz were to write a piece about this story, and all this discussion that followed, and again try to psychoanalyze the readership of slashdot..

You can study free of charge in any Finnish university even if you are a foreigner. You may have to pass the entrance exam, but you can begin your studies right away if you are already studying in (or have a degree from) a US college.

I did my postgraduate studies at Helsinki University of Technology, and I'm happy with it. You can study and do the exams in English. The catch is you are not allowed (by the Finnish law) to work while you study -- even on campus.

(My information is seven years old, so some details may have changed.)

Marko

GEM's available under the GPL. http://www.devili.iki.fi/cpm/gemworld.html

Here's a survey that covers most nations' cryptography policies. Canada gets a good score. So does my home country, Finland, even though the Finnish government has had to reluctantly give in a bit under strong pressure from the US (probably more or less direct threats of commercial retaliation).

Marko

Because the Web site is so beautiful, and all the articles seem to be there.

I think the Atlantic Monthly is too confident about the printed media because they aren't advertising anything on the Web pages -- except for their print edition. They should use their Web site to wean people from the print edition instead and place advertisements in the articles.

All the subscription fee is for is printing and postage, anyway.

Marko

Don't they?

There are two communities who apply the same word to themselves. The American leftists call themselves liberals and so do the European libertarians. Big deal.

Marko

Free Esperanto Course with personal tutor by email. See here.

Marko

Free Esperanto Course with personal tutor by email. See here.

Marko

It could be tho.. Check this out.

Gem World

It may be old but there are possibilities there. Even if it is only for kicks and doesn't develop into anything truly useful it'd be fun to play around with.

Warning: This site loads slow for me, try not to slashdot it. Or ideally post a mirror if you get through to it for everyone else to spam instead. :)

59 programs matched your search criteria.

Aegis Shell (16-bit) 3.0.8

• Author: AEgis Research
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: shell16.exe
• License: Freeware for personal use
• Homepage: http://www.aegisrc.com/Products/Shell/
• Description: Developed for those who need to secure their e-mail with PGP, but do not like the DOS command prompt, PGP Windows Shell provides push-button control to PGP.

Aegis Shell (32-bit) 3.0.8

• Author: AEgis Research
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: shell32.exe
• License: Freeware for personal use
• Homepage: http://www.aegisrc.com/Products/She ll/index.htm
• Description: Developed for those who need to secure their e-mail with PGP, but do not like the DOS command prompt, PGP Windows Shell provides push-button control to PGP.

BetweenUs

• Author: TamoSoft
• Category: Tool
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• License: Commercial, try before you buy
• Homepage: http://www.tamos.com/bu.htm
• Description: Encrypted peer-to-peer chat, conferencing and file transfers. PGP-compatible mode allows the usage of existing PGP keys for encryption and authentication. Full support for PGP version 5.5.2 and higher.

Calyspo 3 PGP plugin

• Author: MCS, Inc.
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://www.mcsdallas.com/mcs/calypso/
• Description: Email plugin for Calypso E-mail Client.

Claris Emailer plugin

• Author: Network Associates, Inc.
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: MacOS
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.pgpi.com/download/
• Description: This plugin integrates PGP with Claris Emailer. It is included in the PGP 6.0.2i distribution.

CryptoEx 1.0b4

• Author: Glueck & Kanja
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Commercial (free beta-versions available)
• Homepage: http://www.glueckkanja.de/
• Description: A professional PGP extension for Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange. The client-based, transparent extension has been fully integrated into the familiar email user environment. It automatically recognizes encrypted emails and offers an easy-to-use keyring administration. CryptoEx works with both the US and the international version of PGP. A user-friendly adminstrator tool helps distributing CryptoEx and managing user options in large Windows networks.

Emacs auto-pgp

• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/pgp/ 2.x/unix/auto-pgp.tar.gz
• Description: An Emacs/PGP Interface.

Encryplet 1.0

• Category: Shell
• Platform: MacOS
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: encryplet-10fc1-as.hqx
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pu b/pgp/2.x/mac/encryplet-10fc1-as.hqx
• Description: AppleScript droplet which makes it easy to encrypt and decrypt files by drag-and-dropping them onto a Desktop Encryptor icon.

Eudora 3.x and 4.x plugin

• Author: Network Associates, Inc.
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.pgpi.com/download/
• Description: This plugin integrates PGP with Eudora 3.x or 4.x. It is included in the PGP 6.0.2i distribution.

Eudora plugin

• Author: Network Associates, Inc.
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: MacOS
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.pgpi.com/download/
• Description: This plugin integrates PGP with Eudora. It is included in the PGP 6.0.2i distribution.

Gibbon PGP Front-End for EPM 1.2

• Author: Gibbon Computer Products, Inc.
• Category: Tool
• Platform: OS/2
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: gcppgp12.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.gibbon.com/catalog/pgpfe.html
• Description: The Gibbon PGP Front-End is an E language macro that creates a PGP menu on the EPM menu bar. This allows menued use of PGP whenever you are using the EPM editor. Since both NewsReader/2 and LAMail use EPM, this will allow seamless integration of PGP into your Newsreader and E-Mail.

Gui4PGP 2.0

• Author: Sascha Ott
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: g4p20.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://www.lanobis.de/~sascha/gui4pgp.ht ml
• Description: Full Windows95 conform * Almost no DOS-windows * Read PGPs textoutput in the Gui4PGP-editor * En-decrypting/signing via hotkey * Copy text to clipboard, push hotkey - ready * Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer * Multilanguage * Register own file extensions - decrypting simply out of the explorer * Treeview of the public keyring * Define your own user-buttons * All keymanagement commands built in * Simple en-and decrypting in the internal editor * Choose user with only a mouse click - and much more!

Lock & Key 3.1

• Author: Walter E. Heindl
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: lk32v310.zip
• License: Shareware ($19.95)
• Homepage: http://www.voicenet.com/~wheindl/lock &key.htm
• Description: Lock & Key integrates PGP functions into the Windows 95 Explorer. Right-click to encrypt a file. Double-click to decrypt. Decrypt to QuickView/+. Choose a recipient from a drop-down list. Supports signing files, viewing signatures, adding keys, viewing the keyring, and Win95 long file names. Version 3.0 adds: multiple language support; context-sensitive help; an integrated editor for composing messages; open or print a decrypted file; append your public key to outgoing messages.

MS Outlook 97/98 and Exchange plugin

• Author: Network Associates, Inc.
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.pgpi.com/download/
• Description: This plugin integrates PGP with Microsoft Outlook 97/98 or Exchange. It is included in the PGP 6.0.2i distribution.

MS Outlook Express 4 plugin

• Author: Network Associates, Inc.
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.pgpi.com/download/
• Description: This plugin integrates PGP with Microsoft Outlook Express 4 (not 5!). It is included in the PGP 6.0.2i distribution.

MacPGP Control 1.0

• Author: Raïf S. Naffah
• Category: Shell
• Platform: MacOS
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Shareware ($15)
• Homepage: http://www.deepeddy.com/pgp/
• Description: AppleScript application that offers an easy-to-use, more Macintosh friendly user interface to MacPGP 2.x.

MailPGP 1.3

• Author: Sami Tolvanen
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: lk32v310.zip
• Requires: mfc4.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.iki.fi/st/mailpgp/
• Description: MailPGP is an advanced, yet fast and easy-to-use Windows user interface for PGP. MailPGP conveniently integrates PGP with every program that uses the clipboard and does not require any space from the screen since the window can be minimized to the taskbar notification area. PGP is run on the background and the DOS window is shown only if necessary. You can encrypt, decrypt and sign messages on the clipboard just by clicking the taskbar icon. The most important key management functions are located on a pop-up menu. You can also easily encrypt and decrypt files by choosing them from a file dialog, or just by dragging and dropping one to the program window. Requires properly installed PGP 2.6.x or newer and mfc40.dll.

Mailcrypt 3.5.3

• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x/5.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.nb.net/~lbudney /linux/software/mailcrypt.html
• Description: Mailcrypt is an Emacs Lisp package which provides a simple interface to public key cryptography with PGP 2.x/5.x, as well as GnuPG.

MandelSteg and GIFExtract 1.0

• Author: Henry Hastur
• Category: Tool
• Platform: Unix / MS-DOS
• For use with: PGP 2.x/5.x/6.x
• Filename: MandSteg.tar.Z
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.unicorn.com/pgp/m-readme.html
• Description: These two programs allow you to hide confidential data in fractal GIF images, giving an increased level of security compared to sending PGP-encrypted email over the Internet.

Mollusc 1.0

• Author: Net Services
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 3.x/95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: mlsc100.exe
• License: Commercial, try before you buy
• Homepage: http://www.compulink.co.uk/~net-servi ces/pgp/
• Description: Direct interface to your e-mail software - you don't have to cut and paste. Extensive key management including Key Server functions. Mollusc currently supports Eudora Pro (v2.2 - 32 bit), Eudora Light (1.5.2 and 1.5.4), Pegasus Mail 2.40, WinCIM 2.0, Ameol, Free Agent and Netscape 1.2N.

PGP Encryptor Interface 1.1

• Author: John Navas
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpjn.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/w inpmail/helpers.html
• Description: Integrates seamlessly into Pegasus Mail for Windows (Version 2.23 and above), making it easy to protect email messages with secure PGP public ke encryption and/or digital signatures. NB! Only works with the 16-bit versions of Pegasus Mail.

PGP Extension for Microsoft Exchange 1.10

• Author: Jon Whalen
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 3.x/95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpext.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://homepage.interaccess.com/~jon/
• Description: PGP Extension is an add-on for Microsoft Exchange that allows execution of basic PGP commands from the Exchange menu.

PGP Manager (16-bit) 1.3

• Author: Ollivier Civiol
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpman13.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://www.voicenet.com/~jank/astec/ pgpman.htm
• Description: Sporting a friendly front-end, PGP Manager allows you to type in your message then Encrypt it and send it through the mail. PGP Manager Supports the Windows MAPI SubSystem. When an encrypted message is in your mailbox, it will show in the main combobox, click and read. PGP Manager requires PGP 2.6 and up (some functions require PGP 2.6.3i (multiple recipients)).

PGP Manager (32-bit) 2.2b

• Author: Ollivier Civiol
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpmgr22b.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://www.voicenet.com/~jank/astec/ pgpman.htm
• Description: Sporting a friendly front-end, PGP Manager allows you to type in your message then Encrypt it and send it through the mail. PGP Manager Supports the Windows MAPI SubSystem. When an encrypted message is in your mailbox, it will show in the main combobox, click and read. PGP Manager requires PGP 2.6 and up (some functions require PGP 2.6.3i (multiple recipients)).

PGP QuickFront 1.0

• Author: Ross Barclay / Ugali International Corp.
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pqf.zip
• Requires: vbrun300.zip
• License: Shareware ($25)
• Homepage: http://www.netacce ss.on.ca/~rbarclay/ugali/crypt/quickfront.html
• Description: PGP QuickFront works as a companion to PGP WinFront. It uses the clipboard so thus can interface with any Windows application. The encryption and decryption is automatic. It also makes signatures and check signatures.

PGP REXX 1.2

• Author: Lueko Willms
• Category: Tool
• Platform: OS/2
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://nick.secant.com/pgprex.htm
• Description: PGP REXX consists of seven REXX scripts to automate PGP usage from your OS/2 internet mail program. PGP REXX works with Post Road Mailer, PMMAIL and MR/2 ICE.

PGP Windows 1.1

• Author: Roger Kurrat
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpwin11.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage:
• Description: PGP Windows offers an easy to use interface to PGP. Includes key management and clipboard integration.

PGP Winfront (16-bit) 3.1

• Author: Ugali International Corp.
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pwf31.zip
• Requires: vbrun300.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.netaccess .on.ca/~rbarclay/ugali/crypt/winfront.html
• Description: PWF provides a very efficient way of accessing the full functionality of PGP through an intuitive Windows interface.

PGP Winfront (32-bit) 4.0

• Author: Ugali International Corp.
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pwf32402.zip
• Requires: vbrun300.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.netaccess .on.ca/~rbarclay/ugali/crypt/winfront.html
• Description: PWF provides a very efficient way of accessing the full functionality of PGP through an intuitive Windows interface.

PGP-PM32 0.7 beta

• Author: Scott Renfro
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.sirinet.net/~srenfro/crypto. html
• Description: PGP add-on for 32-bit Pegasus Mail. Available from the author via email (US only): srenfro@silvix.sirinet.net.

PGP4Pine (aka PAPP)

• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~gator/pgp 4pine/
• Description: PGP4Pine, also known as "PAPP" ("Pine And PGP") is a Perl script to integrate pgp into the popular mail reader Pine.

PGPClick (16-bit) 2.5

• Author: Robert Wilson
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpclk16.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.ncinter.net/~rewilson/PGPClic k/
• Description: PGPClick was written to simplify use of PGP encryption for email applications. Once properly set up, most encryption and decryption can be accomplished with just one or two mouse clicks. PGPClick works well with email readers, newsreaders, text editors, word processors, and almost any program that edits text.

PGPClick (32-bit) 2.5

• Author: Robert Wilson
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpclk32.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.ncinter.net/~rewilson/PGPClic k/
• Description: PGPClick was written to simplify use of PGP encryption for email applications. Once properly set up, most encryption and decryption can be accomplished with just one or two mouse clicks. PGPClick works well with email readers, newsreaders, text editors, word processors, and almost any program that edits text.

PGPClip 1.4.4

• Author: Michael Meyer
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pcl1_1_4.zip
• Requires: vbrun300.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserv e.com/homepages/michael_p_meyer/
• Description: PGPClip utilizes the clipboard for most PGP functions. Provides immediate desktop access to PGP functions.

PGPSort 1.0

• Author: Ståle Schumacher Ytteborg
• Category: Tool
• Platform: Unix / MS-DOS
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpsort.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: ftp://ftp.pgpi.com/pub/pgp/2.x/ pc/msdos/pgpsort.zip
• Description: Sorts PGP public keyrings and (optionally) removes bad keys.

PGPn123 (freeware) 1.0 beta 5

• Author: Alpha1 Enterprises
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pn123-05.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.pobox.com/~alpha1/epgpn123.htm
• Description: PGPn123 floats above your e-mail application in the form of a toolbar, making it possible to click a single button to sign, encrypt or decrypt your messages. PGPn123 has been found to work well with Eudora, Agent, Netscape, Pegasus, and a few other products.

PGPn123 (shareware) 1.8

• Author: Alpha1 Enterprises
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pn123e18.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://www.pobox.com/~alpha1/epgpn123.htm
• Description: PGPn123 floats above your e-mail application in the form of a toolbar, making it possible to click a single button to sign, encrypt or decrypt your messages. PGPn123 has been found to work well with Eudora, Agent, Netscape, Pegasus, and a few other products.

PGPoMAGIC 2.4

• Author: Jens Bruhn
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pom24.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://members.aol.com/PGPoMAGIC/
• Description: PGPoMAGIC features a "fast clip board" mode that allows you to highlight and capture text for encryption in any editable window. Decryption with only one mouse click. This version now supports things like networks (PGP may be somewhere in the net, the keyrings in an other directory and PoM may be in a third directory; all users can use PGP with their own configuration) and multiple keyrings

PGPsendmail 1.4

• Category: Tool
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: PGPsendmail-v1.4.tar.gz
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/ pub/pgp/2.x/unix/PGPsendmail-v1.4.tar.gz
• Description: PGP-aware replacement for Unix sendmail.

PGPtoGUI

• Category: Shell
• Platform: Amiga
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: PGPtoGUIV2.0e.lha
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub /aminet/util/crypt/PGPtoGUIV2.0e.lha
• Description: GUI for PGP

PGPwho

• Category: Tool
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpwho.gz
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/pgp/2.x/un ix/pgpwho.gz
• Description: Computes the signature distance to another person.

PMMail/2 2.0

• Author: SouthSoft, Inc.
• Category: Email client
• Platform: OS/2
• For use with: PGP 2.x/5.x
• License: Commercial (free demo available)
• Homepage: http://www.wilmington.net/bm tmicro/catalog/pmmail.html
• Description: PGP aware email client.

PgpEudra 1.02

• Author: Hans Bausewein / Comerwell Software
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 3.x/95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpeudra102.zip
• License: Freeware for personal use
• Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~comerwel/pgpeudra/
• Description: PgpEudra is a PGP-shell that runs as an extension to Eudora. It adds a menu item "Run PGP..." to Eudora's "Message" menu, thereby making receiving and sending encrypted mail very easy. It supports just the basic PGP tasks encrypt, decode, sign and check signature. No copy and paste needed anymore. Works with both 16 and 32 bit versions of Eudora.

PowerPGP (16-bit) 2.0

• Author: Joe Fennin
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: ppgp2-16.zip
• License: Shareware ($20)
• Homepage: http://www.frontiernet.net/~jfeen in/powerpgp.html
• Description: PowerPGP lets you write and encrypt messages. After that you can cut and paste your message into any windows based e-mail program.

PowerPGP (32-bit) 2.20

• Author: Joe Fennin
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: ppgp2-32.zip
• License: Shareware ($20)
• Homepage: http://www.frontiernet.net/~jfeen in/powerpgp.html
• Description: PowerPGP lets you write and encrypt messages. After that you can cut and paste your message into any windows based e-mail program.

Private Idaho 2.8b3

• Author: Joel McNamara
• Category: Tool
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pi28b3.exe
• Requires: vbrun300.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/pi.html
• Description: A PGP/anonymous remailer utility for e-mail software. Supports direct sending of SMTP e-mail, as well direct receipt of PGP messages from POP3 mailboxes. Also supports multiple NYM servers, NYMS, multiple PGP keys for signing, etc., support for C2.org remailer, usenet posting through remailers, and more.

Privtool 0.90 beta

• Author: Mark Grant
• Category: Email client
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.unicorn.com/privtool/privt ool.html
• Description: Privtool is intended to be a PGP-aware replacement for the standard Sun Workstation mailtool program, with a similar user interface and automagick support for PGP-signing and PGP-encryption. Privtool runs on Linux and FreeBSD as well as SunOS and Solaris.

Pronto Secure 1.13

• Author: CommTouch Software Inc.
• Category: Email client
• Platform: Windows 3.x/95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://www.c ommtouch.com/commtouch/products/pronto_secure/psec ure.html
• Description: PGP-aware Windows POP reader.

QDPGP 2.60

• Author: Gerard R Thomas
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 5.x/6.x
• Filename: qdpgp.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.wow.net/community/grt/qdpgp. html
• Description: Email plugin for Pegasus Mail. Supports encryption/decryption, generation/verification of signatures, addition of public keys to keyring.

SafeMail 2.0 beta5

• Author: Highware, Inc.
• Category: Email client
• Platform: MacOS
• For use with: PGP 2.x/5.x/6.x
• License: Commercial
• Homepage: http://www.highware.com/main-sm.html
• Description: OpenPGP compatible email client.

Stealth 1.1

• Author: Henry Hastur
• Category: Tool
• Platform: Unix / MS-DOS
• For use with: PGP 2.x/5.x/6.x
• Filename: stealth.zip
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.unicorn.com/pgp/s-readme.html
• Description: Stealth is a simple filter for PGP which strips off all identifying header information to leave only the encrypted data in a format suitable for steganographic use.

WPGP 1.6

• Author: Jack Gostl
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: wpgp160.zip
• License: Shareware ($40)
• Homepage: http://www.panix.com/~jgostl/wpgp/
• Description: A Windows/PGP integration tool with a point and click interface between Windows applications and PGP. With WPGP, simply click on a window; WPGP will extract the text from that window, process it through PGP, and place the result back in the window. Includes a drag & drop file encryption interface.

WinPGP (16-bit) 4.1

• Author: Chris Geib / Geib Enterprises Network
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: pgpw41.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/home pages/CGeib/
• Description: Allows you to access the features of PGP while remaining in Windows. Also supports directory encryption and has good key managment features.

WinPGP (32-bit) 5.0

• Author: Chris Geib / Geib Enterprises Network
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Windows 95/98/NT
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• Filename: winpgp5a.zip
• License: Shareware
• Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/home pages/CGeib/
• Description: Allows you to access the features of PGP while remaining in Windows. Also supports directory encryption and has good key managment features.

dirtypgp

• Author: Carsten Meyer (carsten.meyer@home.gelsen-net.de)
• Category: Shell
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://195.145.169.13/~cmeyer/dirtypgp
• Description: PGP 2.6.3i shell for X11.

elmpgp 2.4pl24

• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: ftp://ftp.cert.dfn. de/pub/tools/crypt/pgp/utils/elm/README.html
• Description: PGP interface for the elm mail reader.

pgp4pine

• Author: Chris Wiegand (cwiegant@urgentmail.com)
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x/5.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.dimensional.com /~cwiegand/linux/pgp4pine.html
• Description: PGP/GPG filter for pine, enabling you to manually and automatically decrypt and encrypt email messages.

psMail 1.1

• Author: Bill Cohee
• Category: Email client
• Platform: Windows 3.x
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://mville.edu:8000/~bcohee/psmail.ht ml
• Description: psMail (Pretty Secure Mail) is an offline mail manager designed for people who wish to send/receive encrypted email through their online service or Internet access provider. psMail is composed of two seperate modules; an Inbox and a OutBox. psMail:InBox manages and decrypts email sent to you. psMail:OutBox manages and encrypts email that you are going to send.

zmail PGP script

• Author: Aldo Valente
• Category: Email plugin
• Platform: Unix
• For use with: PGP 2.x
• License: Freeware
• Homepage: http://www.rhein.de/~aldo/zmail.html
• Description: Script for integrating PGP with zmail.

We have considered CVS as a replacement to our current versioning system. Here's the crucial question, though:

Can I check my changes in without other developers seeing my changes until I commit?

You see, I want to be able to do a check-in whenever I have completed a partial feature so I can backtrack more easily when I mess things up. However, I don't want to confuse the other developers with my not-yet-release-quality changes.

This is something Bitkeeper and Sun CodeManager (by the same author) can do. A versioning system that doesn't support this feature is unusable to us.

I suppose that even if CVS didn't support this requirement, it could be made to support it relatively easily. You'd just have to have a mechanism by which the non-owners of the file would keep getting old versions of the file until the owner truly commits to the changes.

Marko

Real-Time Linux may yet become part of the
standard kernel. It's such a good concept that
it definitely should.

Marko

Even then, on the same hardware GEM was better (I still have a copy).

For what its worth, the GEM source code has been released under the GPL. Here it is.

``(Except the sysadmin's time)''.

All unsolicited bulk communication
should be made illegal except in designated areas like
public parks and public squares. It doesn't matter if the
postage is paid. My time is money.

No more telephone advertising. No more junk mail.
No more spam. No more fliers on the front yard or on the
wind shield. No more demonstrations in front of people's
homes and businesses.

Yes, every city should zone free speech areas. If
I want to hear someone's free speech, I'd go there. If I
don't want to hear it, I'd keep out.

The Net is already a free speech area. Just put up
any kind of web site you want and wait for people to come
and see it. Just don't use unsolicited email.

Marko

That's what it is. Here's Webster's definition:

semiconductor n 1: a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; it increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities 2: a device made with semiconducting material

Marko

All derivative works have the original copyright. AFAIK, egcs is a derivative of gcc just like xemacs is a derivative of emacs. So FSF owns both egcs and xemacs.

Now because of GPL, it doesn't really matter who owns the code.

Marko

This seems to mean (read: I only read the article) any free crypto software can be exported without restrictions as long as it surfaces outside the US first. As soon as somebody publishes the crypto software on their FTP site outside the US, it is widely available everywhere in the world, and it follows that it can immediately be published in the US as well.

The only remaining problem is, how can American developers of free crypto software disseminate their work. They may have to just contribute with their ideas and have a non-American type it in.

This legislation seems to only limit proprietary crypto software from spreading, and could give yet another boost to the Free Software Movement because the proprietary products would be forced to trail in the development by law.

Marko

Yeah, but it took me months to read through the Sendmail Book and I still don't dare to touch the rules.

The Sendmail Book is like teaching somebody the assembly language with references to the ANSI C spec, and then in an appendix explain that there actually are automatic C compilers.

Then finally I landed on http://www.harker.com/sendmail/s endmail-index.html, which made it all clear to me. Gladly I knew m4 before so I had the guts to tweak the automatically generated .mc files.

Marko

It is not true that free software programmers are not interested in applications, usability, GUI etc. I believe the main problem in the past was the frustration with the system. If you wanted to write a free software application, you had to live with faulty, nonfree systems and buy expensive compilers. Since you do free software for fun, you are not going to buy anything - you want to build it.

Now that there are whole systems available that the free software writer can build on there is no need to spend (so much) time on the infrastructure. I believe after Gnome is out, we'll see a fast acceleration of free software application development.

All commersial, nonfree software is faulty, but not so much because bad programmers are at it. It has more to do with the business model: you're in it to make money, not good software. So your duty to your employer is to develop minimum-quality software as fast as possible.

Free software development needs funding as well, and it should come from the governments just like funding for basic research and freeways. Otherwise the majority of free software developers will continue to have to migrate to the closed-software side of the fence.

Marko

No, Jetpac is not the best game ever written, Knight Lore is :-) Jetpac was the first ever game I saw on Speccy and Knight Lore is definitely one of the most influential games for 8-bit computers ever.
And last summer I finally managed to complete Knight Lore, while mapping Knight Lore for my Knight Lore page