From: ghio@myriad.alias.net (Matthew Ghio)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 16:55:02 -0800 (PST)
To: walt@blarg.net
Subject: Re: !! Point 'n Crypt -- Win95 Privacy for Everyone !!
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walt@blarg.net (Walt Armour) wrote:
> Point 'n Crypt uses 40-bit DES-CBC (exportable), salted SHA passphrases,
> and conforms to PKCS #5 and PKCS #7.

40bit encryption isn't much security at all.  If you've got something
important enough to encrypt, then it's important enough to find a proper
encryption program.  Why would anyone buy this shit?

(That's a rhetorical question, of course; the answer is because some
people are stupid...)