Re: Wassenaar vs. CipherSaber

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Jay Sulzberger wrote:

> 
> I think that the most important thing here is just a very simple as nearly
> bombproof as we know how to build encryption/decryption program whose file
> formats I can understand after reading one page, and whose algorithms I
> can code correctly in my favorite language in under a week's work.  The
> most important part of this program is the documentation, indeed the
> program could be left out, and the documentation would serve the same
> purpose.
> 
> Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Of course, this is close to CipherSaber, but what I meant is a complete
system, so that the module, component, or, as mathematicians call it, the
function, could be built and debugged in a week.  Perhaps PGP can be, but
to me it always looked heavy and difficult to grasp.  Likely it performs
some functions which require some weight.  It is a separate question as to
why PGP is not simply integrated properly into every copy of Pine and
every copy of, what are the W9* and Mac equivalents?

Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>