Until many people use encryption those who encrypt will be targets. The biggest barrier to widespread use of encryption is that you have to leave your mail package to work with separate encryption programs and message files. To overcome this people need a messaging system which makes encrypting and decrypting as easy as pushing a button. The package should allow plugging and unplugging encryption programs. This lets people make their own technical, ethical and legal choices. The package also must be significantly better than the mail packages people use now, or they won't switch, and therefore won't encrypt. We've done it: Cyberdesk automates access to cyberspace and supports third party encryption programs seamlessly. Today Cyberdesk manages CompuServe (both email and forums), MCI Mail, cc:Mail (both local LAN and remotely), and The WELL (both email and conferences), with more to follow. It runs under Windows and includes features such as distribution lists and a spelling checker. Cyberdesk is in Beta now and fast approaching release. All you need is a simple interface to use an encryption program with Cyberdesk. This interface is usually just two short batch files, one for encryption and another for decryption. In some cases it may be a small program. We do not plan to provide these interfaces or any specific encryption. In addition to allowing people flexibility in their choices, we hope this approach will make ITAR irrelevant. Yep, I'm asking you to support a commercial package without monetary compensation from us. You may decide to charge users for your interface, of course. We'll give a copy of Cyberdesk to anyone who creates an interface for an unsupported encryption package. We have a chance to make it easy, and therefore common, for people to encrypt. All we need is the interfaces. Cypherpunks write code. Doug