1993-10-09 - PGP Interface
Header Data
From: Ian Smith <iansmith@cc.gatech.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 297d655402c2c7c612c5851ba52c4b563e4e1610f39819d88145a0a299c734d7
Message ID: <199310092340.AA17343@haring.cc.gatech.edu.cc.gatech.edu>
Reply To: N/A
UTC Datetime: 1993-10-09 23:45:59 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 9 Oct 93 16:45:59 PDT
Raw message
From: Ian Smith <iansmith@cc.gatech.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 93 16:45:59 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: PGP Interface
Message-ID: <199310092340.AA17343@haring.cc.gatech.edu.cc.gatech.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
As part of class project here at Ga. Tech, we are designing/implementing a new
(graphical) interface for the program PGP, Pretty Good Privacy.
To do this well, we need information about the potential user community of
such an interface, and the pros/cons of the existing PGP interface...
thus we are sending out this questions
As mentioned in the survey, the data collected will be kept confidential,
and we encourage the replies to this survey to be sent via anonymous
remailers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS 6144 Design Project
User Questionnaire
The following questionnaire is for a Computer Science Class
project assignment. The information that you provide will be
used for designing a computer interface for an electronic
mail enhancement. Data collected in this survey will be kept
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL and will only be reported in an
aggregated form. We would appreciate it if you would take a
few minutes to complete it. Completed questionnaires, or any
questions you may have concerning this questionnaire may be
mailed to iansmith@cc.gatech.edu. Please complete it and
return it as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.
Please mark an 'X' under the column that most closely describes your
response.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERAL COMPUTER USAGE
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1. How often do you use:
Frequently Occasionally Seldomly
3 2 1
a. a computer
--- --- ---
b. Electronic Mail
--- --- ---
2. Do you use a computer for:
Yes No
a. business use?
--- ---
b. personal use?
--- ---
c. file transfer?
--- ---
3. In what type of environment do you MOST OFTEN use a computer?
(Please mark only ONE of the following)
Use Most
LAN (Local Area Network):
---
WAN (Wide Area Network e.g.Internet):
---
Laptop or Portable WITH a modem:
---
Laptop or Portable WITHOUT a modem:
---
Stand alone PC (not a laptop) WITH a modem:
---
Stand alone PC (not a laptop) WITHOUT a modem:
---
Other (please specify):
_________________________________________
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ELECTRONIC MAIL
----------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Which of the following interfaces do you most often use for
electronic mail (e-mail)?
Use Most
Text only interface:
---
Graphical only interface:
---
Combination (text and graphical):
---
Other (please specify):
-------------------------------
5. Do you ever send e-mail messages you ONLY want the recipient(s) to read?
Often Sometimes Seldomly Never
3 2 1 0
--- --- --- ---
6. Have you ever had occasion to believe a mail message you recieved
was forged?
Yes No
--- ---
7. When sending/receiving e-mail, how much additional time would you
be willing to spend to:
Less than 5 to 30 30 sec. More than
5 seconds seconds to a minute a minute
Digitially 'sign' your
message:
--- --- --- ---
Authenticate the sender:
--- --- --- ---
Prevent eavesdropping:
--- --- --- ---
8. Does the amount of time you would be willing to spend in the
previous question depend on:
Yes No
Person the info was being sent to:
--- ---
Your workload at the time:
--- ---
Contents of the mail/msg:
--- ---
9. Encryption is a common method of protecting information
transmitted. The basic mechanism works as follows:
The information or message (text) is encoded from its initial
readable form, to an internal form by means of a 'key'. This
internal text form (ciphertext), although readable, does not
make any sense. To make sense of the cipher text, the
receiver must decode it (with a 'key') back into its initial
readable form. If the encoded information is accessed by an
unauthorized person, it will be useless unless it can be
decoded (i.e. a person has a 'key' for it).
Yes No
9A. Are you familiar with this concept?
--- ---
9B. Have you ever used encryption?
--- ---
9C. Have you ever encrypted files or mail?
--- ---
The following questions relate to specifics about encryption use. If
you answered 'NO' to ANY of the three questions above (9A, 9B, or 9C),
please skip to the Background Information Section (questions 19-23).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENCRYPTION USERS ONLY
----------------------------------------------------------------------
10. What encryption software have you used?
PGP:
---
Crypt:
---
Other (please specify):
-------------------------------
11. Have you used the encryption software because
Yes No
You like it:
--- ---
It was the industry/school standard:
--- ---
It was the only one you had:
--- ---
It was used by others that you interract with:
--- ---
Industry/school required it be used:
--- ---
12. Would you say the size of file(s) or message(s) you usually encrypt
tend(s) to be:
(4Kb+) (1Kb-4Kb) (100b-1Kb) (<100b)
VERY large Large Medium Small
--- --- --- ---
13. Have you ever spent multiple attempts trying to encrypt
something?
Yes No
--- ---
14. What is the most common error you have encounterd trying to
encrypt something?
Most common error:
-----------------------------------------------
15. What is the frequency that you have made the following errors when
encrypting something:
Very often Sometimes Seldomly Never
3 2 1 0
Typing mistakes:
--- --- --- ---
Forgetting passwords:
--- --- --- ---
Misusing options/functions:
--- --- --- ---
Losing others' keys:
--- --- --- ---
Other (please specify):
--------------------------------------
16. Please rate the following features of encryption software
in terms of the importance of the feature to you:
Very Somewhat Not Very Not
Important Important Important Important
3 2 1 0
Integration with other tools:
--- --- --- ---
Time it takes to encrypt:
--- --- --- ---
Time it takes to decrypt:
--- --- --- ---
Time it takes to digitally sign:
--- --- --- ---
Time it takes to authenticate:
--- --- --- ---
Distribution of 'Keys':
--- --- --- ---
Security of message contents:
--- --- --- ---
Other (please specify):
----------------------------------
17. Please indicate which of the two attributes in each pair is MORE
important to you:
How long it takes ME vs. How long it takes the recipient
--- ---
Difficulty to encrypt vs. Security gained by encryption
--- ---
Security gained by encryption vs. Time it takes to encrypt
--- ---
18. Overall, how satisfied are you with the encryption software that you use?
Very Somewhat Not very Not at all
Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied
3 2 1 0
--- --- --- ---
(optional comments:)
-------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------------------------------
19. What is your age (in years)?
------------------
20. Are you Male? Female?
--- ---
21. What is the highest level of an educational degree that you hold?
HS AA BA/BS MA/MS PhD other(specify)
--- --- --- --- --- -------------------
Yes No
22. Are you currently a college student?
--- ---
22a. If (YES) you are a student, what is your major field of study?
Major:
--------------------------------------------------
22b. If (NO) you are NOT a student, what is your occupation?
Occupation:
---------------------------------------------------
23. We welcome any additional comments that you might have. Please
feel free to add any comments, questions, or suggestions in the space
below:
=====================================================================
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COMPLETE THIS
QUESTIONNAIRE.
(Please return it to iansmith@cc.gatech.edu as soon as possible.)
======================================================================
Thread
Return to October 1993
Return to “Ian Smith <iansmith@cc.gatech.edu>”
1993-10-09 (Sat, 9 Oct 93 16:45:59 PDT) - PGP Interface - Ian Smith <iansmith@cc.gatech.edu>