-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Information Contact: Kent Briggs February 22, 1996 (817) 666-7737 kbriggs@execpc.com CIS: 72124,3234 NEW RELEASE OF WINDOWS ENCRYPTION UTILITY Hewitt, Texas - Kent Briggs, author of Puffer, has announced the release of version 2.0 of the popular shareware encryption utility. Puffer is a password-based data file and e-mail encryption program for Windows. Encryption software allows users to keep their personal, business, and electronic transmitted data private. New for version 2.0 is the addition of a very fast stream cipher, PC1. PC1 operates with a 40-bit encryption key and produces the same stream output as RC4, the most secure encryption technology allowed for export from the United States. Puffer retains the 160-bit Blowfish block cipher in the registered version provided to customers in the U.S. and Canada. Puffer's revamped interface features a tabbed-notebook layout and a new built-in text editor. Users can now encrypt and decrypt data and e-mail directly from disk files, the editor, or the Windows clipboard. An LZ77 data compression option is also available. The ability to produce ASCII, binary, and self-extracting archives is also retained in version 2.0. New data wiping features have been added to Puffer to prevent sensitive data from being unerased on your disk drive. In addition to wiping data files, Puffer now has options to wipe file slack and unused disk space. The user can select from one to seven random stream passes for each wipe operation. A separate DOS utility is provided to securely wipe the contents of the Windows permanent swap file. The shareware version (PUFF20.ZIP, 368K) can be downloaded directly from the author's web site at http://execpc.com/~kbriggs - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMS0emCoZzwIn1bdtAQGMCwF5AYfneePdqO96gzCDNZYB6doioAtAMOh4 K/V0mZ5vx/b8xOj1SIsc/Zy0Z95UlFXx =JWRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----