2-26-97. Newsbytes:
Security Dynamics Unveils RSA SecurPC 2.0
Wokingham, England, By Steve Gold. Security Dynamics has unveiled RSA SecurPC 2.0, the latest version of its software-based encryption software. The package is claimed to the first 128-bit encryption software to be exported from the US and its territories.
No such luck. This is a press report that seems a little confused... which is say that it is, at least, a bit premature. SecurPC has a useful feature which allows for a self-decrypting file to be created with its 128-bit (symmetric) RC4 cipher. RSADSI got the NSA to agree that this self-decrypting file could be transmitted outside the US because the packaged implementation is restricted to merely decrypting the file -- with a key (password) to be passed out of band: by hand, letter, phone, etc. (The free trial version of SecurPC, which can be downloaded from the RSADSI and SDTI websites, is enabled with only the limited key-length RC4 encryption -- still the only type of crypto now allowed to be freely exported outside the US. The domestic product, as sold, offers full128-bit RC4.) The major enhancement in the 2.0 version of SecurPC, as I recall, is that it offers transparent, on the fly, decryption of a secured file, as you open the relevant application on your PC. Suerte, _Vin Vin McLellan + The Privacy Guild + <vin@shore.net> 53 Nichols St., Chelsea, MA 02150 USA <617> 884-5548