From: Joe Chou <jchou@cgl.ucsf.EDU>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:11:43 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Waiting for Mac version [was Re: Full strength Email Clients]
Message-ID: <199702111411.GAA19343@toad.com>
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>Meanwhile, a beta version of "Pretty Safe Mail"
><http://www.highware.com/highware/PSM/safemail.htm> is available from
>Highware in Belgium.  It's PGP compatible, and its user interface is a
>great leap forward from any Mac PGP front end I've seen.  But, it still
has
>some deficiencies, it's very slow (25 seconds to sign this message on a 25
>MHz 68040 vs. 4 seconds for ViaCrypt PGP 2.7.1), and (as was recently
>discussed on a couple of these lists) its source code hasn't been
published
>or externally audited.

I've been testing Pretty Safe Mail on 68k and PPC platforms, and I
completely agree with you for the 68040 slowness.

But on a Powermac 7600 (604/120Mhz), it took less than 3 seconds to sign
the same document. Highware claims that a faster 68k is in the works.

They've offereed to have PSM externally audited, but I haven't heard of
any volunteers.

Joe




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