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Microcap & Penny Stocks : JAWS Technologies - NASDAQ (NM):JAWZ -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (1325)	12/2/1998 11:43:00 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3086

Correction: Found It: Yep, it's mediocre: Get Powerful Privacy With Jaws L5 Data Encryption November 12, 1998 Privacy online and off has become a major concern for both corporations and individuals. One way to ensure that your files are not read by unauthorized people is to have them encrypted using products such as Jaws Technologies' Jaws L5 Data Encryption. Jaws L5 has a Windows Explorer-like interface, which makes encrypting files simple. Select the desired files, click the encrypt button, which is easily recognizable by a lock icon, and enter a password for that particular file. The files are then encrypted on your hard drive. Any attempt to view encrypted files without providing the proper password results in a display of random text. Jaws L5 also has a public key/private key system for exchanging encrypted data with others via e-mail, floppy disks, or over a network. To share a secured file with another person, you encrypt it using that person's public key, and the recipient can then decrypt the file using a private key that only he or she can access. Unlike programs such as Network Associates' PGP Personal Privacy, Jaws L5 doesn't automate the exchange of public keys via e-mail. Instead, you must attach the key file to an e-mail message, which makes it extremely important to remember where you've saved the key. Additionally, other encryption programs automatically encrypt both e-mail message text and attachments by selecting menu options in your e-mail program. Since Jaws doesn't have an automated message-encryption feature, you must separately encrypt a file, then attach it to an outgoing message, which can be time-consuming. An even more serious problem is that after encrypting a file using somebody's public key, you can no longer decrypt it on your own PC. Instead, the recipient must decrypt the file with his or her private key, re-encrypt it with your public key, and send it back to you. A company spokesperson acknowledged this issue and said it would be addressed in a future version. Jaws L5 uses a proprietary asymmetrical 4,096-bit encryption-key scheme, which the vendor claims is more secure than commonly used algorithms such as the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Blowfish. Though the simplicity of its interface certainly makes it useful for locking down data on your own PC, Jaws L5 Data Encryption's other shortcomings make it less suitable for exchanging data with others. Jaws L5 Data Encryption Jaws Technologies 888-301-5297; 403-508-5055 www.jawstech.com Requires: 2MB hard drive space; Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT List Price: $49.95 — David Haskin