Re: Other good Crypto programs...?

From: Benjamin Choi (contact_at_technosoft21.com)
Date: 09/12/03 

Date: 12 Sep 2003 02:34:08 -0700

Joe Peschel <jpeschel@no.spam.org> wrote in message news:<Xns93F3E310973AEfa0khgj7ji8i8jo9@216.168.3.44>...
> SamSnurd@yahoo.com (SamSnurd) wrote in
> news:e2b3c700.0309102349.53c33a73@posting.google.com:
>
> > I like Crypto 2000 Version 4 program of Gregory Braun.
> >
> > Crypto is a small, easy to use, file encryption utility. Simply drag
> > and drop files and folders to quickly protect your sensitive
> > documents, and then enter an encryption key to encode and decode
> > the files you want to protect from prying eyes. Crypto uses the
> > BlowFish encryption algorithm.
> >
>
> One of this file encryption utility's undocumented features is that it is
> snake-oil.

How can you tell? It doesn't use pseudo-jargon or proprietary
algorithms; it doesn't claim unbreakability or huge keysizes. The only
misunderstanding of crypto there seems to be is a confusion between
"encryption" and "encoding". 

--
Benjamin Choi

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