"Gary Jeffers" says:
Firstly, congratulations to the cypherpunks that are realizing that strong civilian crypt needs "stealth". For some time I have thought that a crypt file with a crypt header on it was like saying "yes, I am in contempt for refusing to give a password" or "yes, I do require surveillance". A crypt file should look like random bits.
I have said this before, and I will say it again. "Stealth" cryptography is a bad idea. Security comes from everyone openly using cryptography all the time. "Stealth" cryptography ideas both imply that we are doing something wrong (when there is nothing illegal or wrong about using cryptography) and make cryptography very inconvenient to use. If I have a truly stealth system it becomes difficult for me to decrypt my own mail, especially if I have multiple keys. I can't use MIME headers to tell people how to do automatic decryption. I can't encapsulate messages inside my messages with MIME. I'd go on, but I'm sure I'll get flamed at just for saying this. .pm