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The latest news about Herbivore and Herbrip.

9 Feb 2002: Herbivore Reference Implementation in Python (herbrip) 0.4.2 released

Fixed a bug with sendmail_csm in that it doesn't work properly with Pine. This is because Pine expects sendmail to find the recipient addresses in the body of the email in the To:, Cc: and Bcc: lines.

Also, got Herbrip to clean up by removing the temporary files it puts in /tmp.

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6 Feb 2002: Herbivore Reference Implementation in Python (herbrip) 0.4.1 released

Herbrip 0.4.1 extends the granularity of logging: the user can now decide which parts of incoming/outgoing mails (if any) to log. Also fixed some minor bugs and made minor speed increases.

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28 Jan 2002: Herbivore Reference Implementation in Python (herbrip) 0.4.0 released

Herbrip 0.4.0 is the first version that has "hooks" so it can automatically read and process incoming and outgoing email. Herbrip is now ready to connect up to your existing email client and MTA.

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15 Jan 2002: Herbivore Reference Implementation in Python (herbrip) 0.3.1 released

The main change in Version 0.3.1 is that processing an email for encryption or decryption may result in more than one output emails, for example if I Cc: a message to several people, I will have to send a separate message to each one, encrypted in the recipient's public key.

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10 Aug 2001: Herbivore Reference Implementation in Python (herbrip) 0.2.0 released

The main change is that Herbrip now encrypts some headers such as Subject:.

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22 July 2001: Herbivore Reference Implementation in Python (herbrip) 0.1.0 released

The initial release of Herbrip runs as a command line program. It's not a full implementation of the Herbivore idea, merely a simplified version.

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29 May 2001: MEPs say everyone should use encrypted email to combat Echelon

A committee of Members of the European Parliament has been studying Echelon for a year, and has just released a report, saying that Echelon is a violation of the right of privicy enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. They also suspect that Echelon has been used by the US goverment for industrial espionage to gain a commercial advantage over European competitors.

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By Philip Hunt, philh@comuno.freeserve.co.uk