Ming-Ching Tiew's crypto programs
Ming-Ching Tiew <mctiew@csi.po.my> posted the following article to sci.crypt. Aside from its content being interesting, it poses an interesting set of problems for ITAR proponents (:-) - he's Malaysian, working from Malaysia, but his web page is on a US-located free-web-page server. Some of the code on it is marked US-only; other code is world-readable and on a machine in Germany. ======================================================================= Subject: Cryptlib-based Win32 File Encryptor Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 21:01:28 -0800 From: Ming-Ching Tiew <mctiew@csi.po.my> Organization: Unconfigured Newsgroups: alt.security.pgp, sci.crypt, comp.security.pgp.discuss Here at which you look for my Win32 File Encryptor which uses "Cryptlib" :- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/8298 The program is provided in source and binary. Non-US people should follow the re-direct and get it from the non-US site. Some of the highlites ( all crypto-features derived from Cryptlib, credit to Peter Gutmann ), (1) You don't use PGP for encryption and decryption. PGP is only used for Key Management. (2) This is not a shell. (3) Configure encryption options thru' GUI and save to registry. For example, if you don't like IDEA, use something else, like Blowfish. Find out for yourself "Cryptlib", the most comprehensive and yet freely available crypto library. Ming-Ching ======================================================== # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com # You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp # (If this is a mailing list, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks.)
Bill Stewart wrote:
Ming-Ching Tiew <mctiew@csi.po.my> he's Malaysian, working from Malaysia, but his web page is on a US-located free-web-page server. Some of the code on it is marked US-only; other code is world-readable and on a machine in Germany.
Here at which you look for my Win32 File Encryptor which uses "Cryptlib" :- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/8298
The program is provided in source and binary. Non-US people should follow the re-direct and get it from the non-US site.
This points out the irony of U.S. citizens being second-class citizens in the world of crytpography. Any commie-terrorist who wishes (no reference to Ming-Ching intended), can post any type of strong or trojan-filled cryptographical product that he wishes within our borders, and give pointers to where it can be obtained from countries where citizens have more freedom than those in the U.S. In actuality, foreign companies and citizens are free to send us email touting "Porn-Hider / The Child Molester's Best Friend", based on strong encryption. We, on the other hand, can be imprisoned and fined for making any level of crypto available for people trying to escape the wrath of murderous dictators. -- Toto http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html
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