Re: [GNU Crypto] beyond 1.1

[Casey Marshall]

On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 00:19, Raif S. Naffah wrote:

> On Wednesday 26 February 2003 08:42, Casey Marshall wrote:
> >
> > Heck, it could be nothing more than an enhanced version of jar that
> > can encrypt entries. That would be easy to put together (though a
> > plain Jar with encrypted entries *may* provide too much information
> > as it is...).
> 
> implementing it as a jar tool rather than a zip/unzip tool offers more 
> possibilities!  a[n encrypted] jar generated by such tool, would 
> benefit from a special classloader akin to the one that verifies signed 
> entries.  what benefits do encrypted+signed entries offer v/s 
> signed-only entries is a different matter :-)
> 

I suppose it could be possible (to an extent) to only have code executed
in the case where the one *running* the program is trusted to do so.
Sounds like an application better suited for proprietary software,
however...

In the least it would be a way to bring strong encryption to the great
unwashed masses in a form they already understand (zip files).

-- 
Casey Marshall || address@hidden

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