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Date: 1999-01-15
CNN covering q/depesche-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- updating 99.1.4/1 CNN covering q/depesche Während die ENFOPOL-Papiere immer noch im Wochenabstand Echos auf US/News/Sites produzieren, schaffte es eine andere q/depesche via IDG Net bis in die Technews von CNN. Wir danken aus diesem Anlass allen genannten & ungenannten Netzbewohner/innen, die uns mit 1a aktueller Information versorgen von Herzen. Ohne die massive Unterstützung der Community hätten wir nur einen Bruchtteil aller Knaller seit April 98 produziert. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- German developer releases free 128-bit encryption software by Mary Lisbeth D'Amico ... The program, called GnuPG (GnuPrivacyGuard), runs on any Unix-based platform and features 128-bit encryption, the same strength encryption as PGP, according to Werner Koch, the Düsseldorf-based software developer who wrote the program. GnuPG is also compatible with PGP versions 5.0 and 6.0, so it can send and receive PGP-encrypted messages. One advantage of GnuPG over PGP is that not only is it secure, but it is also clearly in the public domain, according to Erich Moechel, editor of the Internet newsletter Quintessenz, who has tested the software. That means there is no chance it will be subject to government restrictions on exporting encryption software, he said. In Vienna last month, 33 countries signed the Wassenaar Arrangement, agreeing to put export controls on some kinds of secure software. Although "mass market" software is considered exempt from these controls, the software that falls into this category is not very secure, according to Moechel. "That stuff can be cracked in a matter of milliseconds," he said. It is not clear whether PGP falls into the category of public domain software, Moechel said. PGP version 5.0 business edition is clearly a commercial program, according to GnuPG creator Koch. PGP is now owned by Network Associates Inc. and is sold commercially. Although a free version of PGP 5.0 exists, Koch said, it is not being used for commercial purposes. ... Koch released early versions of GnuPG in December 1997, and has been improving it ever since. Now, he said, he feels he has a "good, stable program," which is ready for beta testing. In several months Koch plans to release version 1.0, after which the program will only require patches, Koch said. .... In its current form, GnuPG will mainly be of interest to software developers, according to Moechel. "It doesn't have a graphical user interface. It also lacks some of the extra features offered by PGP-based products that run on Windows, such as a key server, which allows a function that can search the names of people that hold a public key," he said. Koch says that feature will be included in Version 1.0, however. GnuPG could easily be adapted for Windows, Koch said, but "I'm not going to do that for free. I'm not that interested in Windows," he said. ... GnuPG is already in commercial use and has been translated into 10 languages, he said. It has been used, for example, to encrypt a mailing list with sensitive medical information, to create anonymous e-mails in cases where someone does not want their identity traced, and to check the identity of certain parties who control Internet news forums, Koch said. ... Although software released as "freeware" is public, the copyright to the GnuPG program does exist and is held by the Boston-based Free Software Foundation, Koch said. full story http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/14/gercrypt.idg/ relayed by Otmar Lendl <O.Lendl@Austria.EU.net> -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 1999-01-15 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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