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To: Adrian Wu who wrote (1167)	6/30/1999 2:27:00 AM
From: mchip	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2514

1. They claimed it would be easy and seamless I think, I don't see that. 2. Only for Win 95+. MAC and Unix are coming... ok... 3. Yeah... but for example hotmail... to send a message you use the Zix software...NOT ANY COMPUTER. Hotmail is great because I can get and receive email anywhere. NO SO WITH ZIX! 4. duh 5. 1024 bit... probably "key recoverable" not my kind of encryption. Check out bxa.doc.gov all you need to know is there. Oh.. and if you really want something secure... try PGP. www.pgp.com or since you are not in the USA... www.pgpi.com. 6. money? mouth.. whatever.. I'm short.

To: Adrian Wu who wrote (1167)	6/30/1999 5:15:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Respond to of 2514

Only that it is 1024-bit strong as compared to 128 bit in all other products. This is the only product of greater than 64-bit encryption with an export license. Even my MS Explorer browser only has 64-bit encryption because I live outside the US. No, you are comparing apples and oranges. Every practical public key system is a hybrid of public key and secret key encryption. The 128 bits refers to the secret key part. 1024 bits is typical for the public key part (PGP supports up to 4096). Anyway, it would not be prudent to trust ZitMail until it has been thoroughly vetted by the security experts, as has been done with PGP. Although I doubt that anyone would waste the time, since ZitMail is unlikely to be widely used.