Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdysonat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Courtesy of Cryptography List. From: "C. Harald Koch" <chkat_private> Netscape now has an Online Backup offering. It claims to offer secure backups, over the Internet, to an offsite Data Recovery Center. Looking for details of "secure", I tripped over: File Encryption How secure are the files you back up? Files are encrypted before leaving your computer. We use the most robust encryption method available for international use. No one can ever read your ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ files, not even Atrieva Corporation personnel. More specifically: 1. You use RSA encryption. How does this benefit me? RSA, the leader in encryption products for the PC industry, owns and monitors the patents on a number of encryption technologies. Based on current export laws, we chose their RC2 algorithm to secure your files so that Netscape Online Backup by Atrieva Corporation could be used throughout the world. RC2 is also two to three times faster than the encryption algorithm that other online backup services use (DES 56). Plus, unlike DES 56, RC2 has ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ never been broken. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2. Does anyone else have access to my encryption key? No. You choose your encryption key, and unless you tell someone, you will be the only one that knows it. Not even Atrieva Corporation personnel have access to your key. Netscape should really know better by now, shouldn't they? - -- C. Harald Koch <chkat_private> "It takes a child to raze a village." -Michael T. Fry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNeXXBue1NzV7EsRFAQEAUQP+Mez9SB1FJlDwIhWQAb0pqpMpWjgl0pTm 9Pi2H1V5AXtqRlHh3lp0O/AKRnBDadYRwDQBNRs5G7T6SmWiVRjjVKxhC5g3uavZ tjFherRXmv7RD9/J5dNknatY0fcFtubNMQf0E23WEyRRGcOFYlWHNWgQQpXqq4d3 1WPmTbPuJA8= =cql8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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