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PGP Creator's Zfone Encrypts VoIP

Philip Zimmermann, creator of PGP wrote in to tell me about Zfone, his new system for encrypting any SIP VoIP voice stream. His first release is Mac & Linux only. I tested it with him using Gizmo as our client and it was pretty trivial to use. While it should work on most any SIP compatible VoIP client, he hopes that clients like OpenWengo and Gizmo will incorporate Zfone directly into the UI. Zfone has no centralization, and has been submitted to the IETF. He hasn't yet determined a license, but he believes strongly in releasing source code for all encryption products. A windows client is forthcoming.

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  1. First Post from the Badger State! by scottv67 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go Packers! Go Badgers!

    1. Re:First Post from the Badger State! by scottv67 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Oh c'mon! Give this cheesehead a break. I thought I would get modded-up, not down, for being FP. :^)

  2. Kiss my dong goodnight by (TK)Dessimat0r · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    LATVIAN HOUSE, QUIET AS SHIT, AREEMS WAS ASLEEP, STROKING HIS TIT, SUDDENLY WOKEN BY THE THOUGHTS OF FOOD, HE WANDERED DOWNSTAIRS TOTALLY NUDE, WITH A 1 INCH ERRECTION, HE OPENED THE FRIDGE, A MAN SAT BESIDE HIM, LADEN WITH GRIDS, THE MAN WAS A NIGGER, HE LOOKED LIKE A MESS, WHY WAS THIS MAN WEARING A DRESS? THIS MAN WAS A DARKIE FROM THE GNAA. UNKNOWN TO AREEMS, HE WAS TOTALLY GAY.

    HIS 20 FOOT DONG STARTED TO RISE -- HE COULD SEE THE FEAR IN AREEMS' EYES. DON'T BE SHY, HE SAID, WITH A CAMP INFLECTION, ITS OKAY TO GET AIDS FROM A HIV INFECTION. ANNOUNCING HIS PRESENCE, HE PLUNGED INTO AREEMS, HIS O-RING WAS TEARING AROUND THE SEAMS. AREEMS FELT HIS PRESENCE INSIDE HIS ASS, WITH REMAINS OF DOUGHNUTS STILL YET TO BE PASSED.

    THE BLACK MAN MOVED FURTHER INTO AREEMS, VISIONS OF CAKES STILL IN HIS DREAMS. THE NIGGER CAME AND THE BUG WAS PASSED, AREEMS GAVE A FUCK AS THE HOUSE WAS GASSED. THE SS WAS HERE, READY TO KILL, HITLER'S MEN GAVE OUT A SHRILL. "SCHNELL", THEY REPEATED, AS AREEMS WAS CAPTURED, PACKED INTO A TRAIN HEADED FOR RAPTURE.

    WHEN HE ARRIVED, GREETED BY JEWS, THIS PLACE HAD FOOD -- HOW COULD HE LOSE? PACKED INTO A CELL AND GIVEN HIS FEAST, JEWISH CORPSES BLOATED WITH YEAST. A TASTE OF ZYKLON-B AS HE TUCKED IN, THIS PLACE WAS SOME SORT OF JEWISH BIN. COULD IT BE AUSCHWITZ? HE ASKED THE ASSCLOWN. HE LAUGHED AND SAID THAT THIS WAS IN FACT #BANTOWN.

    AREEMS WAS CONFUSED -- WHY WAS HE HERE? FEASTING ON CORPSES FOR OVER A YEAR. YOUR POSTERIOR, HE SAID, IS USEFUL TO US. YOUR ANUS AFFORDS US A GREAT SOURCE OF PUS. THE FATTER YOU GET, THE MORE YOU PRODUCE, WE WANT YOUR ASS TO BE TOTALLY LOOSE. OUR MEMBERS ARE KILLED AND THEN FED TO YOU, WE EXTRACT YOUR PUS TO USE IN OUR COUP.

    AREEMS COULDN'T CARE LESS, AS LONG HE FED, IT SADDENED HIM TO HEAR THAT HIS FRIENDS WERE DEAD. AREEMS GREW TO HIS CAGE AND THEN READIED HIS REAR, THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS ONE OF FEAR. THE DEVICE WAS TURNED ON, AND A WHIRRING BEGAN. THE PUS WAS EXTRACTED INTO A PAN. THIS WAS THEN EMPTIED INTO A BOTNET DEVICE -- A LINUX SERVER THAT ALREADY CRASHED TWICE.

    THE MACHINE CAME ONLINE, AND ENTERED #GNAA, CAUSING A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISMAY. THE OPS SET A PASSWORD, AND THE CHANNEL WAS STILL. IT SEEMS THEIR DEVICE DID NOTHING TO KILL. FAILURE OCCURED, AND BANTOWN WAS SHIT, THEY WROTE ON THEIR BLOGS THAT THEIR WRISTS HAD BEEN SLIT. WHAT A PATHETIC EXISTENCE, AREEMS SAID AS HE CRIED, HE WAS TRAPPED IN HIS CAGE UNTIL HE DIED.

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