-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Subject: Re: RIPEM 1.2

1) ripem is illegal for non-north-american users Well, export of RIPEM is illegal. Then again, export of PGP is illegal. The difference is that PGP has already been exported and distributed/improved outside of North America.

2) ripem still uses DES RIPEM has supported triple DES since version 1.1 (I'm the person who added triple DES support to RIPEM).

3) using ripem supports the notion that PKP holds some valid patents

As a practical matter, I am willing to use what the person on the other end of the connection is using. Some people won't/can't use PGP because they don't want to pay (and are worried about the legal issues, IDEA/RSA patents). Some people won't/can't use RIPEM because they are outside of North America, have a religious axe to grind about software patents, or believe that RIPEM is part of an NSA plot to take over the planet. So, I'll sign with PGP. Why? More people on cypherpunks use it. Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.4 iQCVAgUBLYeIZuULSAGiySfVAQEALAP/UqI9CyYXlhDZnbHDG8QJR30sT7uFGQf4 ji/Hc5T48GI20YdW1IkymsNt8lzB8ECowX185g8I0Nxq4yirCWPohThwIrgqVNSt bEMf4cxSxBqRSJ4rVx5xi8c9soovxmgf+LSCNTW/rweJ1ogRVneKoBEl0WwHY1uA FpQhbd/xUdE= =lR1k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----