Password Corral Frequently Asked Question List --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q How secure is my data with Password Corral? A Very secure. The 128-bit Diamond2 encryption is virtually unbreakable. That said, your data is only as secure as the master password you choose to encrypt it with. Don't use easy to guess, short words. Don't use your name or birth date. Do use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers. You can also use special characters in your password, like the "+" and "&" characters. Q How secure is my data in a Password Corral export file? A Password Corral export files are just as secure as the data the program stores in the Windows registry. Q Are there any "back doors" in Password Corral? Can Cygnus Productions or the U.S. government easily view my data? A There are absolutely no back doors or secret ways for Cygnus Productions, the U.S. government, or anyone for that matter, to decrypt your data. The master password you choose for your Password Corral account is the only way to successfully decrypt your data. Q If I forget my master password, is there any way to recover my data? A No. Your master password is the only way to decrypt your passwords. Without it there is no way to recover your data. Q Is Password Corral Year 2000 Ready? A Yes. See the BUGS.TXT file for more information. Q Why is Password Corral for use only in the USA and Canada? A United States law prohibits us from permitting use to residents in countries other than the US and Canada. Any cryptographic materials that use an encryption algorithm with a key greater than 40-bits cannot be exported. Until this law changes we cannot grant permission to use Password Corral to anyone outside the US or Canada. Q Will Password Corral be ported to any other platforms, like UNIX or the Macintosh? A At the current time there are no plans to port Password Corral to any other platform. This is, of course, subject to change. Q I'm a disk/software vendor and would like to include Password Corral in a disk/CD/on-line collection of software for distribution. Does Cygnus Productions allow this? A As long as your business is a US or Canadian company and does not distribute Password Corral outside of either said countries, Cygnus Productions grants the right to distribute Password Corral at will, providing it is not-for-profit (save a small fee to recover any manufacturing or distribution costs), that Cygnus Productions receives full credit for the program and that the program remains unmodified and ships with all it's original files intact. It is requested that the software compilation and any included magazine or documentation be sent to us for our records. Those wishing to distribute Password Corral for profit should contact Cygnus Productions for written permission and any applicable licensing terms and fees. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last updated 12/15/98.