Msg: 7167 *Conference*
05-16-97 21:48:05
From: JAMES KENNEY
To : ALL
Subj: CFRJMK 2.0
Is anyone interested in cryptology? Version 2.0 of CFRJMK has been uploaded, in nine files. The MS-DOS version has finally been compiled (as CFRJMK20.EXE, from CFRJMK20.BAS which now runs under QBASIC as well as GW-BASIC), and there are significant changes in the Tandy and NEC versions (CFRT20.BA and CFRN20.BA, uploaded in ASCII with .DO extensions). The documentation is now in five parts (CFR2D1.DO through CFR2D5.DO). While not compatible with version 1, the new programs are compatible with each other so that one may, e.g., encrypt in the field with a Kyocera notebook and subsequently decrypt in MS-DOS. CFRJMK is neither fast nor particularly easy to use, but it allows unlimited key size, is very flexible and, in "one-time" mode, can produce absolutely unbreakable ciphertext (which commercial programs cannot do). There are serious moves being made by Big Brother to outlaw the use of encryption except by a government system (such as "Clipper Chip") with the government holding the keys. (How would pre-encryption by programs such as CFRJMK be prevented?) It's a sad commentary on the current regard for personal freedom that there should even be a debate about the right to use secure encryption. While not many people may use encryption, loss of the right to have absolute privacy in communications and stored records would be a major milestone in the evolution of the American police state. The night and the fog are coming: get your ciphers while you still can.