Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!isgate!krafla!frisk From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PKZIP version 1.10 and data encryption Message-ID: <1599@krafla.rhi.hi.is> Date: 28 Mar 90 11:40:13 GMT References: Reply-To: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) Organization: University of Iceland (RHI) Lines: 31 In article w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes: >We may be forced to go to LHarc because it does not have file >encryption/decryption. What a stupid, stupid situation. DES programs are already available from other countries, so anyone can easily obtain one of them. However, I am permitted to send a copy of them to anybody, but if they were uploaded to a FTP site in the US, it would have to restrict the access to them - not allowing anybody outside the US to download a copy. This is just as stupid as not allowing the export of US-assembled PCs to countries like Bulgaria a few years back - considering the fact that Bulgaria assembled its own PCs at the time.... By the way - I have the following DES programs available: PC-DES by Bernd Fix - 'Charityware' or 'Shareware'. A bit slow, but does the job. F-DES - A very fast implementation, written in assembler. I was originally planning to include this in my F-PROT anti virus package, but decided to leave it out, as the distribution of the package might otherwise be restricted. Anyhow - I will distribute it as Freeware as soon as I have had the time to comment the code and write some instructions. Send me a note if you would like a copy when it is ready. -- Fridrik Skulason University of Iceland | Technical Editor of the Virus Bulletin (UK) | Reserved for future expansion E-Mail: frisk@rhi.hi.is Fax: 354-1-28801 |