New PGP Universal beta: PGP and S/MIME
Cpunks,
I spent the last few months working at PGP on a nifty new solution to an
old problem: how to get email encryption deployed more widely without
requiring user education.
Since ideas for solving this problem have been discussed on this mailing
list for over 10 years now, some of you might wish to take a peek at the
solution that we came up with. The public beta of PGP Universal 1.1 is
now yours to download for free from
http://www.pgp.com/products/beta1.1.html
One of the many interesting features of our approach is the ability to
secure all users of a mail server, without the users needing to
understand what encryption is or does, no need for MUA-specific plugins,
interchangeable use of PGP keys or S/MIME, and much more. And yes, you
can still keep your 4096-bit RSA key on your PC only. I am using PGP
Universal myself. It is really cool.
Note that the download of PGP Universal is 322MB in size and requires a
dedicated x86 server to install.
Have fun,
--Lucky Green
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61289,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7
"We allow everyone to check the security for themselves, because we're the only ones who publish the source code," said Rop Gonggrijp at Amsterdam-based NAH6. Gonggrijp, who helped develop the software, owns a stake in Germany's GSMK.
Alas, the phones are 3500 Euro a pair.
At that price it is targeting executives, lawyers and bankers who regularly swap market sensitive information on mergers and lawsuits, and for whom privacy is worth paying for.
Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume
"We allow everyone to check the security for themselves, because we're the only ones who publish the source code," said Rop Gonggrijp
"We are currently performing a internal round of reviews with a expert group of security researchers and cryptographers. Depending on the results of this review and the time it takes us to implement the relevant recommendations, our current plan is to have the Source available for Download: 23.11.2003" (http://www.cryptophone.de/html/downloads_en.html) We'll see.
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 08:57:57AM -0500, Adam Shostack wrote:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61289,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7
"We allow everyone to check the security for themselves, because we're the only ones who publish the source code," said Rop Gonggrijp at Amsterdam-based NAH6. Gonggrijp, who helped develop the software, owns a stake in Germany's GSMK.
Alas, the phones are 3500 Euro a pair.
At that price it is targeting executives, lawyers and bankers who regularly swap market sensitive information on mergers and lawsuits, and for whom privacy is worth paying for.
Adam
More info: http://www.cryptophone.de/ In English. hjk -- God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore. --Edward Abbey(1927-1989)
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Adam Shostack -
Heinz-Juergen 'Tom' Keller -
Jack Lloyd -
Lucky Green