Subj : Re: Anyone using PGP/GPG in here?
To   : Vk3jed
From : StackFault
Date : Sat Nov 10 2018 04:13 pm

 Vk>  St> Yes, this is perfectly logic, I tought you were referring the QWK fil
 Vk>  St> could be encrypted as well. Being out of the business for so long,
 Vk> 
 Vk> No, encryption of the QWK is something I haven't yet seen.  Theoretically
 Vk> possible, but probably pointless.

I have not dug this one very far but depending on the algo used to password
protect the archive, it might not be too bad in transit. The issue is at
rest. But again, if privacy is a real issue, use another layer.

 Vk>  St> With the ciphers and hashing algos being busted one after the other, 
 Vk>  St> wonder what would happen if aes256 managed to be broken, we don't hav
 Vk>  St> much choices available already.

 Vk>  St> Cipher-Bloc-Chaining being deprecated now, when you setup a new syste
 Vk>  St> and want to pass with flying colors, your list of available ciphers i
 Vk>  St> greatly reduced.

 Vk> And one wonders what the rise of quantum computing will mean too...

Well, I don't know enough about QC, but we will certainly see some issues with
the value of all crypto-currencies...

Time will tell I guess...

I always found interesting the fact they used old VIC-20 in John Wick 2,
pretty hard to hack into and since most don't even know how to load a
software on it and finding a drive that can read these floppies nowadays...

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