Cypherpunks *are* Coding

What with all the fascinating political arguments on the list these days, 
casual observers might accuse us of having lost momentum.

Not I!  Look at the progress made this Spring.  We (and others not on the 
list) have produced not 1, not 2, but 3 encrypting file systems for DOS 
machines.  (Where are you MAC types?  I guess DOS' spastic and primitive 
file system has *some* advantages.)

These are:  Secure Drive 1.3D, Secure File System 1.0, and the new Secure 
Device 1.0(?).

I SecureDrive and SFS are stable implementations which encrypt DOS 
volumes.  Secure Device creates an encrypted file that DOS sees as a drive 
(like DoubleDisk or Stacker but without the compression).  I will try out 
Secure Device as soon as I can get into the FTP site which has been busy.

Anyone on this list with a DOS machine should have one of these running 
every day.

DCF

"3 Billion people x 50 transactions/day = A real headache for control 
freaks." -- DCF
--- WinQwk 2.0b#1165

On Tue, 3 May 1994, Duncan Frissell wrote:

> These are:  Secure Drive 1.3D, Secure File System 1.0, and the new Secure 
> Device 1.0(?).
The latest version I am aware of for secure device is 1.2

> volumes.  Secure Device creates an encrypted file that DOS sees as a drive 
> (like DoubleDisk or Stacker but without the compression).  I will try out 
> Secure Device as soon as I can get into the FTP site which has been busy.
It is extremely good and easy to use, the only problem is that the 
largest device/file it creates correctly is about 8megs... I now have 
virtual drives d-m each as 8meg encrypted files, and I would much rather 
have one 80 meg partition... oh well. Aside from that it is one of the 
best encryption programs I have ever used.

Happy Hunting, -Chris.

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cdodhner@indirect.com	     | it from my cold, dead, hands... But they shall
pgp 2.3 public key by finger | NEVER have the password it's encrypted with!"
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