Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!pepper!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: WB 1.3.2 Message-ID: <125649@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 2 Oct 89 21:17:39 GMT References: <14203@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <7825@cbmvax.UUCP> <6068@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> <7850@cbmvax.UUCP> <6097@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> <226@estinc.UUCP> <193@teslab.lab.OZ> <4247@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 18 In article <193@teslab.lab.OZ> andrew@teslab.lab.OZ writes: >Does anyone know if there is any source available for public-key >encryption around. I know that certain security agencies have tried >to inhibit the adoption of such systems. Personally, I think that >the benefits (as shown above) to society of totally secure public-key >encryption would far outway any disadvantages. Sort of, you seem to mistake a key distribution technique (public-key) with an encryption method (such as DES). If you really want *DES* encryption then there are a set of sources available from comp.sources.unix that were written by a guy in finland. Check your archives or send mail to the moderator of comp.sources.unix. You don't really want to use something like RSA because you will have to pay patent royalties to them. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "If I were driving a Macintosh, I'd have to stop before I could turn the wheel."