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 Message 2270 
 Alan Ianson to Oli 
 Winpoint mailer 
 05 Feb 21 02:30:14 
 
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  Re: Winpoint mailer
  By: Oli to Alan Ianson on Fri Feb 05 2021 10:13 am

 Ol> It obfuscates most of the data stream. I doubt that any agency is
 Ol> automatically decrypting binkp data that's on the wire. Biggest
 Ol> disadvantage with CRYPT is that it requires a shared password.

True, in the fidoverse we are just exchanging mail so I don't think any agency
will find that rewarding.

 AI>> Winpoint is being updated I think, so there is hope that winpoints
 AI>> shortcomings (if any) can be improved upon.

 Ol> Where can I find the sources?

I don't know if the source is or will be available. It never was in the past.
Dale Barnes is the one who is doing the update and I don't know if it will be
open or closed source.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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