1996-02-06 - Re: Encryption and Backups

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From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
To: John Pettitt <bdavis@thepoint.net>
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Message ID: <2.2.32.19960205053656.00942c50@mail.teleport.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-06 00:08:28 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 08:08:28 +0800

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From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 08:08:28 +0800
To: John Pettitt <bdavis@thepoint.net>
Subject: Re: Encryption and Backups
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960205053656.00942c50@mail.teleport.com>
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At 08:33 PM 2/4/96 -0800, John Pettitt wrote:
>
>On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, Alan Olsen wrote:
>
>> Something that I have not seen addressed is the need for strong encryption
>> in backup software.

>CP Backup (part of PC Tools for Central Point aka Symantec) has DES. As to
>how good the implementation is: I have no idea.

I have a copy, but I have not yet verified the key sizes.  It is on my list
of projects.  (My current project is for determining if an app is accessing
your PGP files under Win95.  I may be stuck for a bit though...  Looks like
I might need the DDK to compile it.)
Alan Olsen -- alano@teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction
        `finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key 
                http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ 
         Is the operating system half NT or half full?






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