GnuPG 2.0 for Win + Feature requests

[Michael Hansen]

>> Firstly: I am wondering, that there is still no compiled version (of
>> the 2.0 series) for Windows. What's the reason?

> There's no standalone installer, but GPG 2 is available as part of
> gpg4win (http://www.gpg4win.org).

Thx! But I hope, that a stand-alone version will follow.

>> 1. Support for secure wiping files

> Not happening.  Look in the archives of this list for details.

Well, maybe it is also useless, if you simply encrypt your sensible files.

>> 2. A Steganography feature

> (Probably) not happening.  Steganography is grossly overhyped as a
> technology.  Moulin and O'Sullivan's _An Information-Theoretic Analysis
> of Data Hiding_ (1999) was an attempt to put steganography on firm
> mathematical foundations to make it a peer of cryptography; in the
> course of this, they proved the Emperor had no clothes.

So, it's useless!?


>> Firstly: I am wondering, that there is still no compiled version (of the 2.0 series) for Windows. What's the reason?

> Are You not familiar with gpg4win?

How, if I never used it before? I also only need the plain command-line tools, nothing more. ^^

Btw: Thanks for your replies!
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