CeBIT: Federal German Ministry of Economics Forces E-mail Encryption

[R. A. Hettinga]

http://www.cebit.de/top-21508.html?druckeboot=1&news_article_id=350&archiv=1

CeBIT 2002	18.03.2002, © Deutsche Messe AG 2002
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CeBIT: Federal German Ministry of Economics Forces E-mail Encryption

At the CeBIT the Federal German Ministry of Economics distributes for free
the mail encryption program GnuPP 1.1 complete with manual. The mail
roboter Adele shall provide a lead-in to the issue by practising the krypto
mail communication together with the user.

The Federal German Ministry of Economics is supporting the open source
project GnuPP ( GNU Privacy Project) since the year 2000. With that the
Ministry wants to provide the development of a cryptography infrastructure
that does not depend on manufacturers, that is safe and corresponds to
international standards. It would not be recommended to use standard
software in security sensitive areas and the Ministry explicitly warns to
do so in its press release. Only the open source principle allows the user
to look at the complete programming of a software, and that means security
to the greatest extent.

Apart from the software the package of the Ministry contains a two-piece
manual that is completely new written and designed. With the help of this
manual even laypersons shall be able to clear the first hurdle of e-mail
encryption. And something else is new: "Adele" (adele at gnupp.org), an
exercise roboter for practising the procedure of encryption and decryption
as often as the entry-level user will need it. Adele reacts to sent-in
public keys and encrypted e-mails, sends its own public key, and answers to
encrypted and decrypted incoming e-mails. In this way a dialog between
correspondence partners is formed so that entry-level users can practise
transactions of e-mail encryption "like in real life" and may gain
confidence in the safety of this procedure.

At the CeBIT one can get the GnuPP package (manual with CD-ROM) for free at
the stands of the Federal German Ministry of Economics. During the entire
fair the Ministry also provides presentations and advisory service for free.

For background informations and details on the fair please surf
tecCHANNEL.DE and read our big CeBIT Special (German only, please bear with
us). Moreover we have compiled for you all CeBIT news in category-specific
news channels. (jlu/bmu)

Federal German Ministry of Economics: pavilion11, stand D25

Pavillon D / 11, stands 76 and 5

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