From: Max Inux <maxinux@bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 13:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
To: jkthomson <jkthomson@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: PGPdisk for win95/98?
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No horror stories of bestcrypt, but I hear that PGPdisk is damn dope,
except for two things.  The crypto 'file/partition/whatever' is static in
size, not dynamic, and it does _not_ use your pgp key.. But it looks like
it should still be neat.. I still like CFS for  linux :-)

-- Max Inux (MaxInux@bigfoot.com) UIN: 207447, http://khercs.chipware.net 
Strong Cryptography makes the world a safer place- PGP: 0x5CCFCA59
Or Kinky sex makes the world go round- Christie: Your in my sig too
^^ If Cryptography is outlawed,  only outlaws will have cryptography ^^

 

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, jkthomson wrote:

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> 	Great, so I finally get around to checking PGP's betaweb, and to my
> amazement, they finally have a beta version of PGPdisk for 95.  Too bad it
> claims that I need to contact a sales rep, and when I follow their link, I
> get nothing that would really point me in the right direction.  Any of you
> manage to get your hands on a copy? 
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> 	Currently, I am using bestcrypt NP with blowfish.  I am a little concerned
> with this however, As I have never seen a crypto-review of the software,
> and their website is not too forthcoming with technical details, or known
> attacks.  Does anyone have information (or horror stories) from using
> bestcrypt? 
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