Eric Hughes speaks: EH> The solution is cooperative processing systems, where both the host EH> and the terminal cooperate to perform some task. Unfortunately, there EH> is precious little software infrastructure to support such a EH> development. Terminal programs on PC's are still for the most part EH> acting as dumb terminals, with the notable exception of file transfer EH> protocols such as zmodem. EH> I believe that cooperative communication software will be necessary EH> for widespread use of cryptography--not just pleasant, but a EH> precondition to large scale deployment. You've hit the nail on the head here, Eric. If public key encryption is REALLY going to be for the masses, we are going to need something like this... But it seems I'm going to have to code the damned thing myself, eh? Anyone want to help? EH> Onward. Indeed! David david.brooks@cutting.hou.tx.us * Q-Blue v0.7 [NR] * ---- +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The Cutting Edge BBS (cutting.hou.tx.us) A PCBoard 14.5a system | | Houston, Texas, USA +1 713 466 1525 running uuPCB | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+