Email Encryption

[Darin Perusich]

since your running on windows i would recommend using pgp. it's the most 
widely used method for encrypting messages, depending on the email 
client your using there are plugins to encrypt on the fly. i first used 
pgp with eudora about 5 years ago and was very happy. once gpg came out 
i of course switched to gpg. gpg has plugins for a ton of apps, check 
out the frontends at gnupg.org.

current users of pgp might be concerned that there current 
public/private keys will be garbage. this is not the case. the process 
to convert your pgp key's to gpg key's is documented.

good luck.

  -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (SunOS)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

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=IDbe
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Joe wrote:

> Hi.  I know this is a little off topic, but I'd really appreciate some 
> feedback.
> 
>  
> 
> I am currently running Windoze 98 on my laptop (no disk space for a dual 
> boot etc.). I would like to encrypt some of my email.  I tried pgp, but 
> it seems to be managed by a large corporation and I don't know if I 
> should trust it.  Then, I downloaded gpg which I think I can trust, but 
> it runs in a DOS window and I'm not really sure how to use it.   The 40 
> page manual really doesn't address DOS or Windoze at all.  Given the 
> awkwardness, I'm not sure I could convince any of my intended recipients 
> to use it.
> 
>  
> 
> Have any of you dealt with this or have any ideas (other than scrap 
> Windoze and just use Linux)?  Thanks.
> 
>  
> 
> Joe
> 


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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com