Encryption Programs

OBVIOUSLY the spokesman of the group. I ask for help and this is what I get?

        One more time, I'm well aware of the capabilities of PGP. What I'm
looking for is a program
that does a better job of binary encryption than just Radix 64 ASCII armoring.


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>
>	wow, a fresh newbie with his first toy!  your lights work, too?
>    cypherpunks is not for you if you need to ask for encryption....
>
>	there's only one encryption program which is both simple and
>    effective: PGP.  if you don't know where to find it, use DEC's Alta
>    Vista web search engine in advanced mode for "mit NEAR pgp"
>
>	you can get a DOS image. there are some windows interfaces I
>    have been told, but fuck Bill Gates and horse he rode in on.
>
>	maybe some day, you'll find enlightenment on choice of operating
>    systems...  instead of following the herd to Gate's bank of mindless.
>
>
>>From avatar@mindspring.comSun Feb  4 09:06:32 1996
>Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 23:17:09 -0600
>From: avatar@mindspring.com
>To: cypherpunks@toad.com
>Subject: Searching for the best
>
>Hi, Folks
>
>        I am looking for the best file encryption program and the best file
>wiping program.
>PC compatible, perferably Win 95 compatible.
>                                                                        Thanx
>Charles Donald Smith Jr.
>582 Clifton Rd. N.E.
>Atlanta, Ga. 30307-1787
>(404)-378-7282
>
>REPUBLICAN; smaller government, less taxes, richer people, and proud
children!! 
>
>
Charles Donald Smith Jr.
582 Clifton Rd. N.E.
Atlanta, Ga. 30307-1787
(404)-378-7282

REPUBLICAN; smaller government, less taxes, richer people, and proud children!!

> OBVIOUSLY the spokesman of the group. I ask for help and this is what I get?
> 
>         One more time, I'm well aware of the capabilities of PGP. What I'm
> looking for is a program
> that does a better job of binary encryption than just Radix 64 ASCII armoring.

Umm, I think you might be a little confused.  Either that, or you
mis-typed.  What do you mean by "better job of binary encryption than
just Radix 64 ASCII armoring"?  PGP does a lot more than just Ascii
Armor.  The Ascii Armor is just a self-recognizing transport
mechanism, nothing more.

The real meat behind PGP is its encryption and key management
utilities.  PGP uses the IDEA cipher, combined with RSA key
management, to securely encrypt any kind of file.  The Ascii Armor is
used solely to protect the PGP files during transport over email and
other ascii-only protocols.

I hope this clears up any possible misconceptions.

-derek