From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 94 10:16:09 PDT
To: psee@sam.nask.com.pl (Andrzej Bursztynski)
Subject: Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11
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Andrzej Bursztynski wrote:

> Just wonder if anyone had a closer look at the "Advanced security" option
> built in the Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11. You can use a soft
> of a public/private key when sending a mail via fax (Class 1) driver
> Micrsoft Fax at Work. The key seems to be quite short and I wonder if that's
> a real secure solution comparing eg. to PGP?
> 

Like the guy from Microsoft, I don't know specifically what's in
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11. 

But something to remember is that RSA Data Security Inc. has been
concentrating on signing deals with Microsoft, Apple, Lotus, IBM,
WordPerfect, Oracle, etc., to include strong crypto in their products.

I don't happen to know if Windows for Warehouses (er, Workgroups)
contains RSA, but it wouldn't surprise me at all. Anyone know?

That we are comparing commercial crypto to "a real secure solution"
like PGP, as in the question Andrzej asked, is an ironic twist.


--Tim May


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