Vince's PGP Public Key
A keyfile containing my PGP public key is vcook.asc (KeyID = B41FD6E5, Key fingerprint = 7A CB A0 06 16 20 2A BB A6 23 4C 16 4D 79 0E E7). PGP version 2.6.3 software can be found at the International PGP Home Page.
Vince's GnuPG Public Key
A keyfile containing my GnuPG public key is vcook.gpg (KeyID = 088FF3DE, Key fingerprint = E8FC D831 9353 2F91 3D93 84CE E093 02F5 088F F3DE). GnuPG software can be found at the GnuPGP Home Page.
Other Tools for Message Security
Are you leery of relying on just one encryption system or one channel of communication? Secret-splitting algorithms allow you to divide your plaintext message into several files, such that all of the files (or some subset of them) have to be recovered before the plaintext can be reconstructed. Just use a different encryption algorithm and/or different channel for each file, and you force the attacker to tap all the channels and crack all of the encryption systems you use. Secsplit, a command-line application for splitting files using Adi Shamir's protocol, can be found at the University of Milan FTP site and at the Optiva Bank's Zerblatt site.
Do you want to e-mail me without anyone else discovering that we are even sending messages to each other? For anonymous remailing of e-mail messages, Mixmaster offers the most secure system available. Links to Mixmaster software can be found at Ulf Möller's Mixmaster information page, and a continuously updated list of active Mixmaster remailers with their keys can be found at the Publius Mixmaster List or at the EFGA Type-II Remailer List.
Another important kind of security is provided by hiding secret messages within innocent-looking files (as might be found in an e-mail attachment or at a web site) - a process known as steganography. Eric Milbrandt's StegoArchive.com offers a comprehensive steganography resource, including links to many different kinds of stego software. |
![[Vince and his mom]](images/vince.JPG)
