Has anyone heard of this product or know how to get in touch with its authors/developers? 8<-------- Snip, Snip ----------- Journal: Computerworld March 1 1993 v27 n9 p6(1). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Hackers switch sides, offer security package. (includes related article on the VinCrypt data security application) (Product Announcement) Author: Daly, James Abstract: Notorious computer hackers introduce their $159 VinCrypt encryption package, which enhances data security. The DOS-based application has been created by highly skilled underground systems programmers. Co-developer Ian Murphy, who is president of Secure Data Systems Inc, also will distribute the application. He indicates that VinCrypt has not gained the approval of any government agency, but he does not seek government approval. Murphy believes that data encryption packages based on the Data Encryption Standard or RSA Data Security Inc's standards are not secure because their basic algorithms have been given to the National Security Agency. VinCrypt's source code will not be passed around, but some experts suggest that it then will be difficult to evaluate the package's real security effectiveness. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Type: product announcement Product: VinCrypt Topic: Data security Software Packages Product Introduction Computer hackers Encryption Standards 8<----- End of plea for assistance -------- Paul Ferguson | The future is now. Network Integrator | History will tell the tale; Centreville, Virginia USA | We must endure and struggle fergp@sytex.com | to shape it. Stop the Wiretap (Clipper/Capstone) Chip.