-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Since it wouldn't do me any good to write code (I've _seen_ my code, it's not pretty), I'm writing in English instead. :-) I've started work on what I currently call Privacy Without Tears, a guide to PGP and related programs pitched specifically at a novice audience. I would appreciate comments, particularly in the fact-checking line (more on this in a moment). I'd also appreciate anyone who feels like it passing the URL I'll give in a moment on to crypto newbies and seeing if they can follow the instructions and get good results. So far, I've only written an intro and a section on PGP. Now I'm working on a section on DOS and Windows front ends. I'm only discussing software I can actually use on my own system, so explaining to me about the merits of tools for other OSes won't do any good. But if you have useful information about such, I'd be happy to link to your pages. Likewise, I'm deliberately not getting in a number of technicalities up front - only in the last section, for instance, will I explain about IDEA's role in PGP keys. This is for _novices_, the people who have as much need to protect their privacy as any of us but fewer clues. One thing I could really use is a short - paragraph-length - discussion of probable times to crack keys of various lengths. The URL (for the moment): http://www.aracnet.com/~bruce/privacy/privacy.html Thanks in advance for constructive comments! Bruce Baugh bruce@aracnet.com http://www.aracnet.com/~bruce -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEQAwUBMR0Phn3AXR8sjiylAQGkMgfRAcH5qowi9wG/4o2cYR0qwlNXZM92TLJJ G8Klpk//5Hd3q5PAdz6QOL3ct7QYhlpjlT/UYrJ/dhjpIxWX6jmgxM0jTDdDr1q8 qXcWwzNMz5d1V0z+95NkD7hCOV7inP5ycqFRRPtAgF4LCiT4V0GrbaTLaqKbi7G+ 1YXo6ginBOjQ8WABRtpwIgGbxmJPQmTue5SqTX6zuGhTGrounCGShYZKT8ViLqtl swtD6sG6TPCAOpAgeV8TOPnJEKdbd9ASHAFdEN63DnTHNgjUWLo2bO3VcblRHVjf 1fi+UkeEF/yYXD4nryhhA8E95GUqBdIasN2E8J214Wp4Qoo= =5fO2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----