DOS E-Mail Encryption (PGP)
I wouldn't have brought this up if not for Irv's apparent new prototype
program announced today. But some of you have possibly heard of a DOS
freeware e-mail encryption program called PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). It
uses public key (assymmetric) encryption, which allows for key exchange
without actually meeting. Messages can be encrypted (hidden from all
except the intended receiver) and/or signed (no one can thereafter alter
the message without detection). Even on a mailing list environ like this=
,
messages can be signed but also are "human-readable" for those who don't
have PGP. Of course, you still need to run the message through the progr=
am
to confirm a good signature.
Anyway, I've written a program (in Euphoria, of course!) this week for a
person who didn't want to use this program because of the Unix-style
commands. Using Jacques Deschenes' excellent Windows clipboard interface=
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one can copy their input (whether a plaintext message he intends to
encrypt, an encrypted message he wants to decrypt, or a signed message he=
wants to verify) into the clipboard. Then, from the Start/Run box, one
types the name of my program plus one of four single-letter command
options. PGP asks the appropriate questions, the console is freed, and t=
he
output is in the clipboard, ready to paste.
If anyone is interested in either PGP, or my program, drop me a line. =
Unfortunately, e-mail is too easy to intercept.
--Alan
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