From: Shawn McMahon Area: Public Key Encryption To: Lowell Barger 17 Mar 95 11:46:30 Subject: RSA inquiry ... UpdReq Despite the stern warnings of the tribal elders, Lowell Barger said this to All: LB> What is the difference between RSA and PGP? Is PGP much better than RSA? RSA is an encryption algorithm. PGP is a program that uses several encryption algorithms; among them is RSA. Which is better; tires or a car? :-) --- Sqed/32 0.98/r15029 # Origin: Void Where Prohibited/2 (1:19/34) 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: John Moser Area: Public Key Encryption To: Alan Pugh 16 Mar 95 18:29:48 Subject: Re: PGPBLUE/RamDisk UpdReq JM> * Oddly, this function works ok in a similar installation on my JM> 386DX40. The only real difference is that the swap and work JM> directories are NOT on a RAM disk. AP> AP> i'm running a ram disk as well. maybe the program has some kind of AP> problem with them. i'll try to test this hypothesis. i don't think AP> the cpu is it. im on a 486/25 running dos 6.3. (soon to be 7.0 - i AP> can't wait to implement some of my os/2 rexx scripts on my dos AP> machine) AP> It's the RAMDISK!! I also reconfigured, changing nothing but the location of the "work" directory - from a RAM disk (G:\) to a hard drive sub-directory (E:\E-MAIL\BWAVE\WORK\". .... and it worked GREAT. Now everything works... ... except, how do you get it to read and verify the signature on a clearsigned message. There's no Menu selection for that, and the DECRYPT option says it's "not an encrypted or key file". I can go to DOS and do a PGP check of the file, and PGP reads the signature, compares it with my PUBRING.PGP file, and let's me know if it's OK. ... Should be a way to do it automagically from the PGP Blue menu (?!!!) By the way, I've attached my Public Key, in case you might want it. Look forward to hearing how your setup works... ... Discoveries are not made by following instructions. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: John Moser 1:124/3208 john.moser@chrysalis.org mQCNAi4UI4wAAAEEAM0H6WkUutEPMTDjEF4XqwtogQNC9Ai6tuLQt4ONgrBLGlun qkLiTcGzaPLdDHlMmjAyPQciOnxZJWUn2fd6FcV0OimLSFJynajuUFsY/TpRgnOr 7CvgXRABGW+Pcf2ieUc0KqZuhRkCGc9BMYZ38/rk2UzrajtQWQgIwO/IUAqdAAUR tDdKb2huIE1vc2VyIFdBNUIgPGpvaG4ubW9zZXJAY2hyeXNhbGlzLm9yZz4gPDE6 MTI0LzQyMTQ+ =K3Mi -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ~~~ PGPBLUE 3.0 --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] # Origin: Penny U: Use your allusion. Irving, Tx 214.650.0382 (1:124/3208) 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Tom Klein Area: Public Key Encryption To: Bruce Davis 16 Mar 95 15:56:10 Subject: Re: PGP and QEDIT / MACRO UpdReq Jumping in to comment on Thursday - March 16, 1995 ****************************************************************************** *On Tue. 03-14-95 SHAWN LEARD wrote BRUCE DAVIS about "Re: PGP and QEDIT / MAC ****************************************************************************** SL> -=> Quoting Bruce Davis to All <=- SL> BD> Is anyone aware of any macros for Qedit that will allow it to utilize > BD> PGP from within the editor? > BD> -- SL> I have one for TSE (The Semware Editor) that might work for you > with some minor changes. > The password is hello Even though TSE is the successor to Qedit it may require major changes to make it work. Here is one for Qedit to clear sign a message. //************************************************************************* //************************************************************************* Qedit macro to PGP encrypt and sign a file It needs work since is uses a RamDisk that the user may not have or the RamDisk is a different logical drive. Also filenames need work('aa' and 'bb' filenames have been picked out of the air). \\\...tak =========================================================================== Date: 01-30-94 From: JORJ STRUMOLO Subj: Qedit macro for PGP --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * plaintext message signed/encrypted with PGP (whole msg) @F11 MacroBegin SetScreenOff SaveFile UnMarkBlock WriteBlock "d:\aa" Return Dos "pgp -se" Return Return BegFile MarkLine EndFile Cut ReadBlock "d:\bb" Return UnMarkBlock EndFile Find "END PGP" Return "b" Return EndLine DelCh 2 Writes/reads from a ramdisk. Obviously the -se part can be changed to just -s or just -e to sign *or* decrypt, and not both, or Input or something stuck in to grab a choice of switches. //************************************************************************* Qedit macro for PGP 02/02/94 //************************************************************************* I think that JORJ STRUMOLO has many more and better Qedit macros. You might what to leave him a message and ask for the macros. I use TSE so do not keep track of Qedit happenings. > \\\...tak Thursday - March 16, 1995 at 1554 hrs > Team TSE - The Semware Editor, successor to Qedit > INTERNET tom.klein@chrbbs.sccsi.com OR tom.klein@lunatic.com --- * QMPro 1.53 * Keyboard: A device for entering misteaks into a computer. --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' # Origin: Lunatic Fringe * Richardson,TX * 214-235-5288 * (1:124/2113) 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Dave Hodgins Area: Public Key Encryption To: Lowell Barger 16 Mar 95 03:09:00 Subject: RSA inquiry ... UpdReq LB> LB> What is the difference between RSA and PGP? Is PGP much better than RSA? Every message encrypted by pgp uses the IDEA algorithm, using a randomly generated 128 bit key. The only known attack, for the IDEA algorithm is brute force. PGP uses the RSA public key encryption algorithm, to encrypt the key used for the IDEA key, and prepends the rsa encrypted key, on the front of each message. Unlike IDEA, the RSA algorithm is potentially subject to factoring, as a method of attack, and as such, needs much larger keys, to achieve the same level of safety. Hope this helps, Regards, Dave Hodgins. --- * RM 1.3 00820 * Internet:Dave.Hodgins@Canrem.com Rime->118 Fido(1:229/15) --- QScan v1.14b / 01-0348 # Origin: FidoNet: CRS Online, Toronto, Ontario (1:229/15) 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201