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ripem/ A subset implementation of the proposed Privacy Enhanced Mail standard. Not as secure as PGP or Viacrypt PGP, but it is both free and free of patent infringements in the USA.
I just recently got MacRipem and find it much easier to use than PGP, and was wondering why I should use PGP over Ripem. The above seems to indicate that Ripem isn't as secure. Why is this? ___________________________________________________________________________ "I want to know God's thoughts...the rest are details." -- Albert Einstein _________________________________________ Ron Davis rondavis@datawatch.com Datawatch, Research Triangle Park, NC (919)549-0711
I just recently got MacRipem and find it much easier to use than PGP, and was wondering why I should use PGP over Ripem. The above seems to indicate that Ripem isn't as secure. Why is this? I don't doubt that its much easier to use -- it was written by Ray Lau, who is an excellent Mac/UI programmer. The most reasonable reasons why it might be called "less secure" is that RIPEM does not have a signature web like PGP does. It is possible in PEM to only have one signature on your certificate, which can be your own signature, or that of a CA. Therefore, you either have the status of "I say I am who I say I am", or a "Certification Authority says I am who I say I am". I hope this answeres your question. -derek
A subset implementation of the proposed Privacy Enhanced Mail standard. Not as secure as PGP or Viacrypt PGP, but it is both free and free of patent infringements in the USA.
I just recently got MacRipem and find it much easier to use than PGP, and was wondering why I should use PGP over Ripem. The above seems to indicate that Ripem isn't as secure. Why is this?
Bruce Schneier's (excellent!) book states that the only info available to someone cryptanalyzing a pgp-encrypted file is the six-digit key ID. PEM "leaves quite a bit of information about the sender, recipient, and message in the unencrypted header." (p. 436) Alan Westrope <awestrop@nyx10.cs.du.edu> KeyID: 359639 <adwestro@ouray.denver.colorado.edu> PGP fingerprint: D6 89 74 03 77 C8 2D 43 7C CA 6D 57 29 25 69 23 finger for public key -- "Ah, ah...see them there! Like Gorgons, with gray cloaks, and snakes coiled swarming round their bodies! Let me go!" -- Aeschylus, _The Choephori_ (4larry...:-)
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