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Maybe I will paypal them a few bucks. One buck from each of us would make for a pretty big bunch of bucks...

mailto:hart@pobox.com

or to make donations directly, see:
http://promo.net/pg/donation.html

...is posted at http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/pgp/prz_leaves_nai.t xt

Can someone send me the original source of this story? I tried the NTC site at http://www.ntc.gov.ph/ but it isn't in their press release area.
The author has no email link and the poster's site is broken as far as I can tell.

If you copy/paste a PGP sig onto another message/document the verification fails. See my PGP Intro for a beginner's explanation of the process.

Since verification only takes a few seconds, the motivation to attempt forgery via copy/paste is very low. The risk Mr. Schneier refers to is forgery via gaining control of the signers key and passphrase.

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enjoy!

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enjoy!

Could you please contact me and let me know what the earliest alpha-supporting version was that you're completely certain of? I'd also love to add some screen shots of 4.0b3 or 3.1rc2 running on my PNG-alpha test page and the linked MagnoliaAlpha and IceAlpha pages.

Thanks,

What if this article detailed a technology that could make people smarter?

Sign me up!

At what point is improving ourselves dangerous or unethical?

Dangerous? When you're in the first trial. Darwin frowns on early adopters.

Unethical? When I run out of cash and have to steal to feed my bioenhancement habit.

It's interesting to me that vision enhancement is largely seen as harmless... but how would strength enhancement, or intellect enhancement be seen?

Many people will object to it. Many coutries will ban it, except for bringing the below average up to average. It will be publicised as the greatest evil since genetically engineered food on the covers of Time and Newsweek. It will be available though, just as megalomaniacs will be having clones made within 5 years.

It's interesting, though, that the ability to enhance intelligence will have an exponetial factor in its growth. That is, it will be limited by things like skull size, oxygen requirements, signal propogation delays, and so on, but it is also limited by the intelligence of the people who are working on it. This is one of the technologies that can lead to Vinge's Singularity. ( see http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html )

I'm really curious what we will look like a thousand years from now. If we do in fact expand outward, it will be the most adventurous types who do so. So we have self-selection to make sure that any colonies on other planets will be much more novelty friendly than earth is. They'll also have more kids, in the long run. And the second generation colonies will be founded by the most adventurous from the first stage colonies. I don't see a universe filled with intellectual, sessile, nearly immortal homebodies. On the contrary, my mental picture is much closer to biker gangs or that alligator guy on discovery channel. Long life an risk aversion are not survival traits.

Yeah, yeah, I am a little nuts. But in a good way.

See my Windows CD page.

I originally did it so I could see how Win98 runs in VMware.

Here are a few people's pages about Lisp Machines, for the curious (Some links are MIA; can anyone find a new valid address for them?):

• Symbolics machines: Peter Paine | Bob Kerns | [MIA] Rainer Joswig | dr. P.M.E. De Bra | Ralf Moeller | PT Withington
• LMI machines: [MIA] Joe Marshall
• There were other LISP Machines: Ti Explorers, Xerox Dandelions, etc... Check the FAQ for comp.lang.lisp, make a Google search, etc.

Do you know this guy? His web page is http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html is he on to something or just nutsy?

We can debate the morality of nondisclosure ad nauseum. I'm more interested in engineering than morality --- and the fact of the matter is that policies that discourage full and open disclosure DO NOT WORK. They hinder the discovery of important security flaws and create an environment in which black hats have a significant advantage over white hats. Remember, the black hats don't give a damn about Mozilla's disclosure policies, and history tells us that they tend to find the problems first.

Nondisclosure has (dubious) practical benefits for tightly-guarded closed projects. Mozilla obviously doesn't qualify, and the idea that security flaws in Mozilla's open codebase can be meaningfully hidden is ludicrous.

As this is a Slashdot story, I don't trust the veracity of the claims that Mozilla is going to try to hide security information. However, if, contrary to the established best practices in the security community, they decide to go ahead with some sort of Mozilla "inner circle", they are going to give a nice black eye to Open Source's security argument.

Homo sapiens sapiens won't last forever. The only question is whether we wipe out all intelligence in the Solar System due to superweapons, an outcome which we can legitimately label as "bad", or whether "life as we know it" is ended by the rise of greater-than-human intelligence first. Frankly, I think I'll take what's behind door number two.

Bill Joy scores points for pointing out the probability of apocalypse, but vastly more important is accepting the certainty of some apocalypse and deciding which one we want. I don't think there's much of a contest between the coinflip chance that AIs are nice to humans and the near-certainty of being murdered by Iraqi nanoweaponry.

Anyway, the Extropians list has been rehashing this issue for years - right down to the argument about how to build an AI - and, unsurprisingly, some Web resources seem to have sprung up along the way. So if you'd rather not reinvent the wheel...

Ope n Directory Singularity category
Singularity Sub-Page in Anders Transhuman Page
Comments on Vinge's Singularity (13 authors write essays; Vinge responds)
Staring into the Singularity
The Plan to Singularity (403K)

For those of you wondering about how to build the AI:
Coding a Transhuman AI (353K)
For those of you wondering about what the AIs will do:
Logic from Frequently Asked Questions about the Meaning of Life

Homo sapiens sapiens won't last forever. The only question is whether we wipe out all intelligence in the Solar System due to superweapons, an outcome which we can legitimately label as "bad", or whether "life as we know it" is ended by the rise of greater-than-human intelligence first. Frankly, I think I'll take what's behind door number two.

Bill Joy scores points for pointing out the probability of apocalypse, but vastly more important is accepting the certainty of some apocalypse and deciding which one we want. I don't think there's much of a contest between the coinflip chance that AIs are nice to humans and the near-certainty of being murdered by Iraqi nanoweaponry.

Anyway, the Extropians list has been rehashing this issue for years - right down to the argument about how to build an AI - and, unsurprisingly, some Web resources seem to have sprung up along the way. So if you'd rather not reinvent the wheel...

Ope n Directory Singularity category
Singularity Sub-Page in Anders Transhuman Page
Comments on Vinge's Singularity (13 authors write essays; Vinge responds)
Staring into the Singularity
The Plan to Singularity (403K)

For those of you wondering about how to build the AI:
Coding a Transhuman AI (353K)
For those of you wondering about what the AIs will do:
Logic from Frequently Asked Questions about the Meaning of Life

Homo sapiens sapiens won't last forever. The only question is whether we wipe out all intelligence in the Solar System due to superweapons, an outcome which we can legitimately label as "bad", or whether "life as we know it" is ended by the rise of greater-than-human intelligence first. Frankly, I think I'll take what's behind door number two.

Bill Joy scores points for pointing out the probability of apocalypse, but vastly more important is accepting the certainty of some apocalypse and deciding which one we want. I don't think there's much of a contest between the coinflip chance that AIs are nice to humans and the near-certainty of being murdered by Iraqi nanoweaponry.

Anyway, the Extropians list has been rehashing this issue for years - right down to the argument about how to build an AI - and, unsurprisingly, some Web resources seem to have sprung up along the way. So if you'd rather not reinvent the wheel...

Ope n Directory Singularity category
Singularity Sub-Page in Anders Transhuman Page
Comments on Vinge's Singularity (13 authors write essays; Vinge responds)
Staring into the Singularity
The Plan to Singularity (403K)

For those of you wondering about how to build the AI:
Coding a Transhuman AI (353K)
For those of you wondering about what the AIs will do:
Logic from Frequently Asked Questions about the Meaning of Life

Homo sapiens sapiens won't last forever. The only question is whether we wipe out all intelligence in the Solar System due to superweapons, an outcome which we can legitimately label as "bad", or whether "life as we know it" is ended by the rise of greater-than-human intelligence first. Frankly, I think I'll take what's behind door number two.

Bill Joy scores points for pointing out the probability of apocalypse, but vastly more important is accepting the certainty of some apocalypse and deciding which one we want. I don't think there's much of a contest between the coinflip chance that AIs are nice to humans and the near-certainty of being murdered by Iraqi nanoweaponry.

Anyway, the Extropians list has been rehashing this issue for years - right down to the argument about how to build an AI - and, unsurprisingly, some Web resources seem to have sprung up along the way. So if you'd rather not reinvent the wheel...

Ope n Directory Singularity category
Singularity Sub-Page in Anders Transhuman Page
Comments on Vinge's Singularity (13 authors write essays; Vinge responds)
Staring into the Singularity
The Plan to Singularity (403K)

For those of you wondering about how to build the AI:
Coding a Transhuman AI (353K)
For those of you wondering about what the AIs will do:
Logic from Frequently Asked Questions about the Meaning of Life

Homo sapiens sapiens won't last forever. The only question is whether we wipe out all intelligence in the Solar System due to superweapons, an outcome which we can legitimately label as "bad", or whether "life as we know it" is ended by the rise of greater-than-human intelligence first. Frankly, I think I'll take what's behind door number two.

Bill Joy scores points for pointing out the probability of apocalypse, but vastly more important is accepting the certainty of some apocalypse and deciding which one we want. I don't think there's much of a contest between the coinflip chance that AIs are nice to humans and the near-certainty of being murdered by Iraqi nanoweaponry.

Anyway, the Extropians list has been rehashing this issue for years - right down to the argument about how to build an AI - and, unsurprisingly, some Web resources seem to have sprung up along the way. So if you'd rather not reinvent the wheel...

Ope n Directory Singularity category
Singularity Sub-Page in Anders Transhuman Page
Comments on Vinge's Singularity (13 authors write essays; Vinge responds)
Staring into the Singularity
The Plan to Singularity (403K)

For those of you wondering about how to build the AI:
Coding a Transhuman AI (353K)
For those of you wondering about what the AIs will do:
Logic from Frequently Asked Questions about the Meaning of Life

Patrick Michaud, the Researcher responsible for the grape experiment, has also performed ground-breaking Pop-Tart research. Check it out at:

Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches

> you'll probably have to spend some time/money on convincing Windows users to use anything open source seriously because [...] they don't trust open source.

Really? Then you'd be amazed at the number of people using (or at least trying to use) Phoenix Mail, a completely free (and open source) e-mail client for Win32.

You'd probably also be amazed at the number of requests there are for a Linux version.

Jon Robertson
(I am not the author of Phoenix Mail, but I've spent some time contributing to it)

I'm currently an admin with a few years' experience on various flavors of unix-alikes on peecee hardware. I'd love to get some experience on big iron, but I'm not sure how to go about that.

If anyone is willing to spend a few hours a week mentoring, I'd love the opportunity to learn from someone in the Boston Metro area with experience. You have scut work to be done? I'll do it, if I get to learn. I'm busy, but I can spare a few hours a week. If you're interested and like to teach, please drop me a line (jerkbob_at_pobox_dot_com).

Apologies again about the OT post...

--
A host is a host from coast to coast...

...a LUG in Baltimore(I think?) who helped inner-city, disadvantaged kids get online and get the technological know-how that they'll need...

that was us:

• geeks into the streets
• the agape house

we always welcome (tax deductible) donations of money or equipment (our average xterminal box is a 486 with 16-32 megs of ram), and, as any nonprofit will tell you, we're always more in need of people's time than their money, so if you know anyone near us who might want to help either with putting machines together or helping the kids, pass the word along.

we're also happy to offer advice & assistance to anyone who's interested in doing the same thing in his/her city. feel free to contact me at jeff.covey@pobox.com.

we're starting our first formal classes this week with an intro to unix class, to be followed by an html class, a course in basic c, maybe an emacs class; whatever various lug members want to teach. should be fun.

as to the .org pavilion at linuxworldexpo, it's rather sad that we've gotten to the point that emmett has to say: "The fact that the .org pavilion gave these people a chance to shine is a big step in the right direction on behalf of the sponsors." of course they should have been there, and the companies who live and breathe on the community's code should have paid their way there and put them proudly on a pedestal for everyone to see instead of hiding them where the pointy haired bossen couldn't find them and be frightened by them.

they should come out of the closest and admit that the heart of their products is being written by teenagers with green hair and noserings, and that that's ok.

linuxworldexpo was a bit odd, because it's not clear for whom it was meant. atlanta was for the community, san diego was for the corporations, thebazaar was for... well, who the hell knows who thebazaar was for, but linuxworldexpo new york seemed to be for the businesses who would tolerate the community so long as it was kept segregated in its own ghetto.

oh, btw: "eeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeettt!"
--

www.pobox.com (redirecter service) can relieve you from the email-address inertia that you are suffering from

Countdown to the Millennium

My first solution was the Red Hat Linux User's FAQ which has been pretty sucessful. It's been around for about 2 years now, and I still get emails all the time from people who found it helped them solve a problem. Makes me feel pretty good actually.

Then a year ago some guy talked me into helping him develop a Linux knowledge base that was non-distribution centric. Looks like we'll be going live in a few weeks.

Point is that it's up to the existing people in th e know, who know what it's like to be a newbie to help them out. And not all documention is for newbies- there's still a lot of things that I'm still learning, even though I've been using Linux for over 6 years. Sure not everyone has the time or patience to build a fully database driven, fully categorized, drill down capable search engine powered knowledge base. But there are enough people like me willing to build that so that other people can write documentation of all lenghts and skill levels and have it easily locatable by the end users.

People interested in writing documentation or PHP coders looking for a challenge should check out The Linux Knowledge Base Project.

Close, but no cigar...

It wasn't the Russian Typhoon, it was the American Ohio class that was supposed to be so quiet that the lack of noise gave it away. But I believe that the story is generally considered to be the military equivalent of an urban legend.

-Dorsey
http://www.pobox.com/~dorsey

Why does Radio Shack sell Optimus equipment? Because they're junk

As a former RS employee (a low point in my life) I feel the need to point out the there isn't really any such thing as "Optimus equipment". Optimus is simply a RS trademark, which is slapped on equipment manufactured by other companies, such as JVC or Sony. It's the same stuff sold by Best Buy or Circuit City or Sears.

As for the price issue, RS has a sliding scale for marking up merchandise. The higher the price, the lower the markup. So for items like an amp or a tv, the prices are relativly low. But on the other end you get things like resistors and button batteries with a 200% markup or higher. IIRC, RS sells button cell batteries, which cost them about $0.19 for around $2.79. I believe those were the highest makedup items there.

But people are are willing to be overcharged because the average RS customer is dumber than dirt. I quit because because I got fed up with customers yelling at me when I wouldn't show them a "32 bit microphone" to go with their new sound card, or people who would try to return cd players and walkmen when they stopped working after about a week and a half, and were amazed that I could fix it by replacing the batteries. I got lectured by my superiors (corporate, not intellectual) for not trying to push crappy compaq computers on customers, who were only there to buy a resistor or something, or were too stupid to be allowed to own a computer.

That's my rant...

-Dorsey
http://www.pobox.com/~dorsey

-Dorsey
www.pobox.com/~dorsey

Ever try to do mail via BITNET or UUCP with qmail?

Weird. I'd bet noone mentioning BITNET *knows* anything about it :) If I knew it, I would try it with qmail yes! I've run uucp over ssh with qmail, I've used FidoNET with qmail. No problem. My only problem with sendmail was that you can *fix* it to do something you want it, but you'll never understand it completely. On the other hand, if you take a few hours, and read all (included) qmail docs, and you know Unix, you can do *anything*, and you understood qmail totally.

If I let myself summoned with qmail bashing, let me share a few resources on it:

• www.qmail.org
• Life with qmail
• Dan J. Bernstein's site (funny, it's down, slashdotted?)

BTW, let me mention, Dan (the author of qmail) is the Math Professor on University of Illinois at Chicago, who sued the government to not restrict him distributing his crypto source at his web page (for his students!).

There are two that I know of that try to emulate those features of their Windows counterpart:

Getleft - Three guesses as to what software their modeling after :)

DPS-FTP - DPS-FTP is an FTP client whose interface is loosely based on that of Bulletproof FTP. It has a transfer queue which allows multiple files from multiple directories on multiple sites to be uploaded and downloaded, in any order, and can automatically resume partially transferred files, among other features.

Security bugs get found at varying times. Even in the OpenBSD audit (arguably the largest single source-code security audit ever done), security bugs were found days, weeks, and even months apart. It is simply, and obviously, not possible to find "all" the security flaws in a complex piece of software all at once.

Thus, it is obvious that a maximally secure operating system will correct security flaws piecemeal, as they are discovered. There is no way to provide for an "all-emcompassing" security patch kit or Service Pack without delaying fixes. Delaying fixes very obviously hurts the end-user and substantially decreases security.

Having worked closely with Microsoft in the past to facilitate correction and disclosure of security problems, I can state with confidence that Microsoft's approach to dealing with new security problems is not only not modern, but also deceptive and ineffecient. As is the case with most commercial software vendors, Microsoft is slow to acknowledge problems and even slower to fix them. Microsoft is the archetypical slimy vendor when it comes to security issues.

However, my anecdotal evidence of Microsoft's poor security posture pales in comparison to the evidence Microsoft itself gives when it advises potential customers that the "Service Pack" approach to security is superior to the open-source standard of full disclosure and near-instantaneous repair.

This looks like another Stinky Public License.

You want better granularity on JavaScript? Look at this document and send comments to the Mozilla people.

Mozilla. It's not just open source, it's got turbo-studly bits.

It is currently free-of-cost for noncommercial use, which is exactly what Sun's "community source license" marketing stunt is. You won't be able to change it and redistribute changes, or use the code in other free projects like GNOME Workshop or KOffice. There's nothing to see here, folks. CSL = bad

I'm the author of the page in question. Several people have very kindly offered to host the thing, and the first has gone ahead and done it. So the original URL now simply redirects you to a random mirror (of which there are now *one*, but I expect more soon).

Thank you, Brent Meshier.

On code talkers

The Navajo code talkers actually spoke in code as well as Navajo; a native Navajo speaker would have been able to understand the structure of their sentences, but not knowing the code, would not have easily been able to understand their meaning.

On tripwires

Tripwires have their disadvantages. You can't actually drop the cracker into a pit in a computer system. What you can do is try to make it harder for them to get in: drop packets from them, or answer them more slowly, etc. The trouble is, if the attacker can trick the tripwire, they can turn this into a denial-of-service attack.

On NP and P

You refer to the notorious difficulty of NP problems. But essentially all problems solved by computers are in NP; problems are in NP if a nondeterministic computer can solve them in polynomial time. Most of them are in the subclass of NP called 'P', which means they take polynomial time on a deterministic computer.

There's a class of problems called NP-complete problems. Any problem in NP can be reduced to any NP-complete problem in polynomial time (deterministically). Presently NP includes some problems that take exponential time as far as we know. If we found a polynomial-time deterministic algorithm to solve an NP-complete problem, then we could use it to solve all problems in NP in polynomial time.

Factoring numbers is not known to be NP-complete. It is known to be in NP, but it is possible that it is in P, even if NP != P. The Traveling Salesman Problem, on the other hand, is known to be NP-complete.

However, nobody has found a quicker-than-exponential-time method to factor numbers yet. RSA is "provably secure" in the sense that any method to break RSA in a reasonable time can also be used to factor numbers in a reasonable time. (Other public-key cryptosystems use discrete logarithms in finite groups, not factoring numbers.)

Your DNA computer point is ill-made. You still need O(k^N) pieces of DNA to solve TSP in linear time. This means that it is still trivial to construct instances of TSP that cannot be solved in reasonable time in reasonable amounts of space. (If k is 1.1, then N must be 48 to take 100 DNA units, 145 to take a million DNA units, 574 to take 6x10^23 DNA units, and so forth. It is trivial to construct an instance of TSP that requires more DNA than the Earth's mass to solve in linear time, using presently-known methods.

You say, "the repercussions when this piece of obscurity is cracked", referring to the secret of factoring numbers in polynomial time. But, as you point out earlier in the same paragraph, nobody knows whether this secret exists at all.

On human factors

Your point that no computer technology is proof against people giving away the farm is well-taken. Of course, if I accept CA certificates from whoever sends them to me, I will have security problems, regardless of the technological security measures I try to use. The same is true if I type arbitrary commands for anyone who calls me on the phone. "echo + + > .rhosts, OK, I did that; what next?"

On brute-force cryptanalysis

Your point about brute-force cryptanalysis is also missing the point. If I have a hundred-gigabyte hard disk, there are 10^11 or so places on the disk that the secret information can be hidden. That's equivalent to a 36.5-bit key. If I go all out and buy a DVD jukebox with 10 terabytes, that's still only 10^13 places to hide the secret bank-account number, equivalent to a 43.2-bit key.

On the other hand, if I encrypt my data with Twofish with a 256-bit key, there are 2^256 "places" my data could be "hidden". That's about 10^77 "places". 10^77 hydrogen atoms weigh about 10^54 grams. The mass of the sun is about 10^33 grams. So if you built a hard disk that stored one byte per hydrogen atom, you could obtain an equivalent degree of security by taking 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars the size of the sun for raw materials for your hard drive. (It turns out you'd need to use a significant part of the matter in the universe to build such a hard drive.)

So yes, your real error lies in having a hard drive of insufficient space. But 'insufficient space' simply doesn't begin to convey the magnitude of the difference. It's sort of like describing downtown Hiroshima in 1945 as unseasonably warm, although that simile falls short of conveying the degree of the understatement by several tens of orders of magnitude. It's like saying that the universe is a little bit bigger than a hydrogen atom.

There's another difference: the effort required to assemble several galaxies into a data storage device is roughly proportional to the size of the resulting data storage device. So is the effort of searching it. With encryption, on the other hand, using a key that is twice as long generally causes the encryption to take about twice as long, while squaring the difficulty of brute-force search. So I can use my Apple //e to encrypt something with a 128-bit key, and all the computers in the world working for billions of years won't be able to recover it.

kragen@pobox.com (mailing lists)

On code talkers

The Navajo code talkers actually spoke in code as well as Navajo; a native Navajo speaker would have been able to understand the structure of their sentences, but not knowing the code, would not have easily been able to understand their meaning.

On tripwires

Tripwires have their disadvantages. You can't actually drop the cracker into a pit in a computer system. What you can do is try to make it harder for them to get in: drop packets from them, or answer them more slowly, etc. The trouble is, if the attacker can trick the tripwire, they can turn this into a denial-of-service attack.

On NP and P

You refer to the notorious difficulty of NP problems. But essentially all problems solved by computers are in NP; problems are in NP if a nondeterministic computer can solve them in polynomial time. Most of them are in the subclass of NP called 'P', which means they take polynomial time on a deterministic computer.

There's a class of problems called NP-complete problems. Any problem in NP can be reduced to any NP-complete problem in polynomial time (deterministically). Presently NP includes some problems that take exponential time as far as we know. If we found a polynomial-time deterministic algorithm to solve an NP-complete problem, then we could use it to solve all problems in NP in polynomial time.

Factoring numbers is not known to be NP-complete. It is known to be in NP, but it is possible that it is in P, even if NP != P. The Traveling Salesman Problem, on the other hand, is known to be NP-complete.

However, nobody has found a quicker-than-exponential-time method to factor numbers yet. RSA is "provably secure" in the sense that any method to break RSA in a reasonable time can also be used to factor numbers in a reasonable time. (Other public-key cryptosystems use discrete logarithms in finite groups, not factoring numbers.)

Your DNA computer point is ill-made. You still need O(k^N) pieces of DNA to solve TSP in linear time. This means that it is still trivial to construct instances of TSP that cannot be solved in reasonable time in reasonable amounts of space. (If k is 1.1, then N must be 48 to take 100 DNA units, 145 to take a million DNA units, 574 to take 6x10^23 DNA units, and so forth. It is trivial to construct an instance of TSP that requires more DNA than the Earth's mass to solve in linear time, using presently-known methods.

You say, "the repercussions when this piece of obscurity is cracked", referring to the secret of factoring numbers in polynomial time. But, as you point out earlier in the same paragraph, nobody knows whether this secret exists at all.

On human factors

Your point that no computer technology is proof against people giving away the farm is well-taken. Of course, if I accept CA certificates from whoever sends them to me, I will have security problems, regardless of the technological security measures I try to use. The same is true if I type arbitrary commands for anyone who calls me on the phone. "echo + + > .rhosts, OK, I did that; what next?"

On brute-force cryptanalysis

Your point about brute-force cryptanalysis is also missing the point. If I have a hundred-gigabyte hard disk, there are 10^11 or so places on the disk that the secret information can be hidden. That's equivalent to a 36.5-bit key. If I go all out and buy a DVD jukebox with 10 terabytes, that's still only 10^13 places to hide the secret bank-account number, equivalent to a 43.2-bit key.

On the other hand, if I encrypt my data with Twofish with a 256-bit key, there are 2^256 "places" my data could be "hidden". That's about 10^77 "places". 10^77 hydrogen atoms weigh about 10^54 grams. The mass of the sun is about 10^33 grams. So if you built a hard disk that stored one byte per hydrogen atom, you could obtain an equivalent degree of security by taking 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars the size of the sun for raw materials for your hard drive. (It turns out you'd need to use a significant part of the matter in the universe to build such a hard drive.)

So yes, your real error lies in having a hard drive of insufficient space. But 'insufficient space' simply doesn't begin to convey the magnitude of the difference. It's sort of like describing downtown Hiroshima in 1945 as unseasonably warm, although that simile falls short of conveying the degree of the understatement by several tens of orders of magnitude. It's like saying that the universe is a little bit bigger than a hydrogen atom.

There's another difference: the effort required to assemble several galaxies into a data storage device is roughly proportional to the size of the resulting data storage device. So is the effort of searching it. With encryption, on the other hand, using a key that is twice as long generally causes the encryption to take about twice as long, while squaring the difficulty of brute-force search. So I can use my Apple //e to encrypt something with a 128-bit key, and all the computers in the world working for billions of years won't be able to recover it.

kragen@pobox.com (mailing lists)

Since microevolution happens over such a short period of time (usually several generations), it is easily observable and reproduceable and can thus be subjected to the scientific method. Macroevolution, however, is generally accepted to take place on a geological timescale and thus cannot be observed or reproduced. Macroevolution thus cannot be subjected to the scientific method. It, like the Big Bang and other theories of origins, can be argued for from other types of evidence, but can also be argued against from other types of evidence. Funny thing -- some specific pieces of evidence (specifically, the fossil record) have been used in arguments both for and against macroevolution. I maintain that macroevolution and other theories of origins (including the Big Bang theory, creationism and any others that I missed) hold more to the realm of philosophy than science.

Now I, personally, have no trouble accepting microevolution as proven scientific theory. ("Fact" if you like, but I've found the word "fact" to be a loaded word in the evolution debate, so I'm avoiding it). I also have no problem with speciation (sp?), as demonstrated for example by Darwin's finches in the Galapagos Islands. (For those who don't know this example, Darwin apparently observed several species of finch in the Galapagos Islands, which were almost identical in appearance but would not interbreed. Their main difference was in beak shape and in diet, and their beak shapes seemed to correspond to their diet: for example, those that ate tough, strong seeds tended to have correspondingly tough beaks to crack the seeds, while those that ate lighter, easier-to-crack seeds tended to have thinner, lighter beaks.) I can accept the theory that these various species of finch descended from a common ancestor, an undifferentiated type of finch, and that the various beak shapes developed in response to the various types of seeds available to eat on the different islands. But I don't accept the theory of macroevolution. Hang with me, and I'll explain why.

A necessary component of macroevolution is the increasing of genetic diversity. Say you have a lot of different species of fish, all of which have gills and thus can only live in water. One species or subspecies (or maybe even just one individual) develops a lunglike organ and can thus live on land for a short time. This proves beneficial to survival and reproduction for some reason (say, lack of competition for food on land), and so natural selection favors those with this lunglike organism, because they tend to produce a lot of offspring. Genetic diversity has increased -- before, there were no lungs, nothing but gills, and now, some fish have lunglike organs as well as gills. Genetic diversity increased, in fact, as soon as that one species (or subspecies or individual) developed the genes for that lunglike organ. If all the individuals with the genes for said organ had died out without reproducing, genetic diversity would have decreased again. The problem I have with this theory (which all sounds pretty good up until this point) is this: where did that increase in genetic diversity come from in the first place? Since microevolution and speciation tend to maintain genetic diversity at a constant at best, or even decrease the amount of genetic diversity at worst (see next paragraph for my argument on that score), it can't be the source of that increase in genetic diversity. Which only leaves natural, randomly-occurring mutations as the source of the increase in genetic diversity, and I can't accept that either for reasons given even further below.

NOTE: Up until the last section of the preceding paragraph, I've been confining myself to stating the "facts" of the case: statements about what the various theories say, and so on, and any personal opinions have been clearly labeled as such. From now on, however, I'm going to delve into those nagging questions like "Is this theory correct?" which the two sides of the debate don't seem to be able to agree upon. The rest of this article, therefore, is entirely personal opinion.

Right. Why do I believe that microevolution and speciation reduce genetic diversity or, at most, maintain it at its previous level? First of all, microevolution as per my definition above does nothing but reshuffle the distribution of genes already present in the population. In the case of the light and dark moths in industrial London, for example, both the genes for lightness and the genes for darkness were already present in the population at large. (To simplify matters a little, I'm going to assume that there are just two genes, L and D, involved, and that their combinations form a spectrum from light to dark -- for example, LLLL produces a very light moth, DDDD produces a very dark moth, LDLL produces a somewhat light moth, and so on. This may be a little bit of an over-simplification, but it works for the purposes of understanding my argument, and a more complex genetic method of determining lightness and darkness would still be subject to the same rules of natural selection, etc.) Now when conditions favored light coloring, the DDDD and DDLD moths would be seen and eaten by birds very easily and would tend to leave fewer offspring, thus reducing the frequency of the D gene. The LLDL moths would still produce offspring in sufficient quantities to preserve the D gene, however. Thus when conditions shifted and darkness became a better protective coloring than lightness, the LLLL and LLDL moths were at a disadvantage and the DDDD and DDDL moths tended to produce more offspring, thus decreasing the frequency of the L gene and increasing the frequency of the D gene. But no new genes have been introduced! If, by some unlucky chance, enough DDDD, DDDL, DDLL and DLLL moths had been eaten without leaving offspring so that almost all moths left were LLLL with only a few LDLL (or DLLL, or LLLD, or LLDL) moths left, that would be a highly skewed gene ratio -- but the D gene could still come back if conditions should happen to shift, and there could be more dark moths again. But if through some chance event (a forest fire, a particularly dry year with very little food for the moths, a sudden increase in predation), a lot more moths started dying without offspring, including, as chance might have it, all the remaining LLDL moths, the D gene would have completely died out. That's it folks. No more dark moths -- ever. In this scenario, through an unlikely (but possible) combination of events, genetic diversity has been reduced. And speciation makes this even more likely -- if, for some reason (maybe similar to whatever caused the Darwin's finches to speciate) the L and D genes became linked to genes that determine reproduction, light and dark moths would be either unable to reproduce together or else likely to leave fewer viable offspring. This would tend to produce two different species: one with mostly LLLL and a few LLDL moths, and one with mostly DDDD and a few DDLD moths. And those few with one "opposite" gene would probably have less capability to reproduce, leaving fewer offspring and thus driving the frequency of the "opposite" gene down. Again, an accident of some kind of another could exterminate the "opposite" gene in one or both of these populations, leaving two separate species with only one color gene each, rather than one species with two color genes. This leaves one gene or the other more prone to extermination should conditions shift to favor the other one -- should light color become a detriment (say, because all the trees are darkened by pollution and the birds can see light moths better), the LLLL population would be quickly decimated and might even become extinct before conditions shifted again. Again, genetic diversity has not been increased and the possibility for reduction of genetic diversity (by the complete extinction of one gene or the other) is there.

Finally, my opinion on mutations is less firm than on these other subjects. I believe the evidence shows that mutations are generally harmful (this, I think, most people will not dispute) and thus would tend to be culled from the gene pool since they introduce disadvantages rather than advantages. Those mutations that would kill an individual before it reproduced would, of course, be culled instantly -- at least if they were dominant. And I know of no evidence for generally favorable mutations -- all the ones I can think of that aren't harmful are, at best neutral. But if you know of any mutations that are favorable to an individual, whatever species they might occur in, please let me know.

Should you want to continue this debate, I suggest taking it to email rather than continuing on Slashdot, since this article is about to disappear from the main Slashdot page and is heavily overloaded with comments anyway, and I at least won't have time to come back and check it constantly for responses. You can email me at the address listed in my User Info, or (preferably) at rmunn@pobox.com. The pobox.com address is the preferred one, since it won't change after I finish college -- but both addresses will work for the next two years or so. And if you've actually read this far, thanks for taking the time to do so and I'd appreciate carrying on this debate with you if you disagree with my position.
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If you're running Red Hat 6.0 or 5.2, this page gives instructions on how to use the truetype support that was rolled into the X font server in 6.0, or using Herbert Duerr's xfstt for Red Hat 5.2.

Debian 2.1, which I run, comes with xfstt, as well, and is available as a .deb on their site.

I understand that the other implementations of truetype support are better, but I've been using xfstt for well over a year now with little trouble. I think earlier memory problems have been handled. It is very easy to use and set up, and I can't imagine why any of the current distros wouldn't work with it.

Finally, if you are curious about the alternatives I skipped, there's already a HOWTO available at http://pobox.com/~brion/linux/Tru eType-HOWTO.html.


*sarcasm, it's only sarcasm.
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mphall@cstone.nospam.net

qmail is actually not Open Source.

From http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail/dist.html
"If you want to distribute modified versions of
qmail (including ports, no matter how minor the
changes are) you'll have to get my approval."

Please reply in email if you feel the need, I'd
rather not start a flamewar here :)
--
Kevin Doherty
kdoherty+slashdot@jurai.net

According to my understanding of software law, everyone has the legal right to keep and use code downloaded from Borland. Their copyright still holds, though, so you can't copy it. You're doing the right thing to ask for permission, but even if they don't give it, you can still point people to those URLs.
-russ

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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.

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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.

See this essay

(sigh)
Not too likely. The degree of rewriting alone would probably kill such a project. That it would probably slow down execution would not make it terribly popular. I'm assuming you're talking about using the cluster for a single player. You could, of course, use the cluster for multiple players (one per node), which is already built-in to Quake ... but that wouldn't be using the cluster as a Beowulf.
FWIW, we're putting together a long-overdue Beowulf FAQ that answers this and other questions.
Christopher A. Bohn

I largely agree with your article ( http://cgi.pathfinder .com/fortune/technology/alsop/index.html) proposing the elimination of intellectual property. I have a few things to add:

• it needs to be done slowly, over a period of five years or so, to avoid scaring the investors off and risking a backlash.
• trademark is not intended to grant monopolies as patent and copyright are; it is only intended to allow consumers to reliably identify the folks with which they are doing business. Accordingly, I see no reason to eliminate trademark. (Indeed, most of your arguments pertain only to copyright.)
• eliminating copyright for books would more effectively promote the copying of books than eliminating copyright for software would promote copying of software. Since the distributed versions of software often don't include source code (books always include ``source code'') some method is needed to promote its publication. I suggest the method that was used for books: copyright, but with a term of 18 months, so it doesn't unduly inhibit copying. Copyright protection would only be granted to those works of software for which source code was on deposit at the Library of Congress; when the copyright expired, the source code would be released to the public.
• you neglected to detail the harmful effects of current copyright and patent law. Perhaps you didn't have enough space; here are a few:
  • the inevitable creation of harmful monopolies like Microsoft (see http://www.tao.ca/wind/rre/0579.html for more, search for my name); you did mention this briefly, but a reasonable person might conclude, after reading your article, that Microsoft was simply an aberration.
  • the necessity to crack down on freedom of the press in order to maintain copyright. (What's a press? It's a machine for copying speech. How do you maintain copyright in this Brave New World of digital technology? Restrict access to devices for copying speech. Several proposals have already been put forth that do just this, and one of them (the Audio Home Recording Act) has been passed into law in the US.)
  • the ultimate necessity to outlaw private computer-mediated communication in order to detect violations of copyright
  • the high costs to each individual to make sure they aren't violating the law. (In a couple of years, you'll need a J.D. and a couple of paralegals to write a novel computer program without violating any patents.)
  • the chilling effect it has on innovation. (The other way you can avoid violating patents is to not use any techniques that weren't published ten years ago. This won't keep you from getting sued, given the incompetence of the patent office, but it will probably keep you from losing the case. Needless to say, if you can't afford to be sued, you need to find another business to be in. Washing windows is probably a good choice.) This will get worse and worse as more and more patents are granted.

Some of these evils may be excusable if they produce a greater social good -- like encouraging people to innovate and create by offering them financial rewards -- but the evidence is that they actually do the opposite. (Witness the Internet and Linux.)

--
< kragen@pobox.com> Kragen Sitaker < http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/>
This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy description on the paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan.
-- Neal Stephenson, at http://www.cryptonomicon.com/begi nning_print.html

I largely agree with your article ( http://cgi.pathfinder .com/fortune/technology/alsop/index.html) proposing the elimination of intellectual property. I have a few things to add:

• it needs to be done slowly, over a period of five years or so, to avoid scaring the investors off and risking a backlash.
• trademark is not intended to grant monopolies as patent and copyright are; it is only intended to allow consumers to reliably identify the folks with which they are doing business. Accordingly, I see no reason to eliminate trademark. (Indeed, most of your arguments pertain only to copyright.)
• eliminating copyright for books would more effectively promote the copying of books than eliminating copyright for software would promote copying of software. Since the distributed versions of software often don't include source code (books always include ``source code'') some method is needed to promote its publication. I suggest the method that was used for books: copyright, but with a term of 18 months, so it doesn't unduly inhibit copying. Copyright protection would only be granted to those works of software for which source code was on deposit at the Library of Congress; when the copyright expired, the source code would be released to the public.
• you neglected to detail the harmful effects of current copyright and patent law. Perhaps you didn't have enough space; here are a few:
  • the inevitable creation of harmful monopolies like Microsoft (see http://www.tao.ca/wind/rre/0579.html for more, search for my name); you did mention this briefly, but a reasonable person might conclude, after reading your article, that Microsoft was simply an aberration.
  • the necessity to crack down on freedom of the press in order to maintain copyright. (What's a press? It's a machine for copying speech. How do you maintain copyright in this Brave New World of digital technology? Restrict access to devices for copying speech. Several proposals have already been put forth that do just this, and one of them (the Audio Home Recording Act) has been passed into law in the US.)
  • the ultimate necessity to outlaw private computer-mediated communication in order to detect violations of copyright
  • the high costs to each individual to make sure they aren't violating the law. (In a couple of years, you'll need a J.D. and a couple of paralegals to write a novel computer program without violating any patents.)
  • the chilling effect it has on innovation. (The other way you can avoid violating patents is to not use any techniques that weren't published ten years ago. This won't keep you from getting sued, given the incompetence of the patent office, but it will probably keep you from losing the case. Needless to say, if you can't afford to be sued, you need to find another business to be in. Washing windows is probably a good choice.) This will get worse and worse as more and more patents are granted.

Some of these evils may be excusable if they produce a greater social good -- like encouraging people to innovate and create by offering them financial rewards -- but the evidence is that they actually do the opposite. (Witness the Internet and Linux.)

--
< kragen@pobox.com> Kragen Sitaker < http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/>
This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy description on the paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan.
-- Neal Stephenson, at http://www.cryptonomicon.com/begi nning_print.html

Yup, you are right.

Whether it is big business or free open source, you can't define one in terms of the other. See Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem.

See Dan Bernstein's latest figures.