After using pgp to read an encrypted message, I ran chkdsk on my hard drive. I was astonished to find that chkdsk found an error on my hard drive, but I was even more astonished to find that when I recovered the error to a file, it contained most of a message I had just read using pgp. Apearantly, this was what was left of a temp file that pgp used. IMHO, pgp should have wiped this file. Maybe I should try to use a ramdisk as my temp-file path. Just thought ya'll should know that pgp may not be as secure as we hope. In my effort to write a menu system for pgp-encrypted email, I use pgp very often, and in very unusuall ways. Consequently, I have found a (very) few weaknesses in the program. Is anyone currently supporting pgp, or am I on my own? If anyone is supporting pgp, I'd like to talk to you. ;^) Thanx in advance. +-----------------------+-----------------------------+---------+ | J. Michael Diehl ;-) | I thought I was wrong once. | PGP KEY | | | But, I was mistaken. |available| | +-----------------------------+---------+ | mdiehl@triton.unm.edu | "I'm just looking for the opportunity | | mike.diehl@fido.org | to be Politically Incorrect! <Me> | | (505) 299-2282 | | +------How do I send email between fidonet and internet?--------+
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J. Michael Diehl