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> I would strongly advise against using any cryptographic product based =
on
> an algorithm which was designed by an amateur and has never been =
subject
> to review or cryptanalysis.
>=20
> DES

There are what appear to me on quick inspection to be serious flaws in =
the this software. For example, it uses RSA without proper padding. The =
website says "E-mail is encrypted using the RSA public-key cryptosystem =
thus eliminating security risks from symmetric ciphers." Any security =
expert will tell you that this raises immediate red flags. (And =
inspection of the code strongly suggests that it's as bad as it sounds.)

DS