On Fri, 23 Dec 1994 rishab@dxm.ernet.in wrote:

Regarding the simple question about Norton Encrypt's security (and ignoring the alt.relationship-counsellor interlude), I believe Norton uses DES (for 'maximum security' or a 'fast proprietary' method for convenience. I don't think it has the usual errors (password stored in ciphertext etc), but a brute force attack on DES is beyond the means of most Norton users IAC.

Pardon me if someone else mentioned this(I just re-subscribed to the list). If the person in question really wants to read his GF's private files his best be would be to guess passwords, toss her purse/diary for the password written down, and all the other basic physical attacks available to him. Moral note: If he feels that this is necessary then this is definatly a relationship that should not continue(for her sake). Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Everyone is a prisoner holding their own key." | finger blane@seanet.com -- Journey | PGP 2.6 email accepted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------