Encryption tools
Encryption:
Any procedure used in cryptography to convert plaintext into ciphertext in order to prevent anyone except the intended recipient from reading that data. There are many types of data encryption, and they are the basis of network security. Common types include Data Encryption Standard and public-key encryption.
From : www.pki.vt.edu/help/glossary.html
Gaim-Encryption
Gaim-Encryption uses NSS to provide transparent RSA encryption as a Gaim plugin.
Features include
- Automatically creates a public/private key pair for you upon loading the plugin
- Automatically transmits your public key to other users.
- Supports 512 - 4096 bit keys.
- Saves keys of known users, and warns you if their public key has changed.
- Embeds all encryption and keys inside HTML, so if the other user doesn't
have the plugin, they will get a little message telling them about the plugin,
and won't get a screen full of garbage.
- Stores keys in human readable files in your .gaim directory, in case you
ever need to copy/edit them by hand. Which you really shouldn't have to do.
- Automatically recognizes if you are chatting
with someone who has the plugin- see the Preferences dialog.
- Available for the Windows version of Gaim.
- Modular and extensible. If you want to define a different type of encryption,
you can use this plugin as a wrapper to take care of transporting the encrypted
binary over the IM pipe.
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