On the December issue of Scientific American there is an article by Thomas Beth, "Confidential Communication on the Internet". Lite on the technical side but good reading anyway. Aleph One / aleph1 at dfw.net http://underground.org/ KeyID 1024/948FD6B5 Fingerprint EE C9 E8 AA CB AF 09 61 8C 39 EA 47 A8 6A B8 01