Downloading the Snow Signature

Downloading the Snow Signature

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Encoding/decoding Snow Signatures

snsg-0.4.1.pas.gz, the source code of a program which can produce Snow Signatures, written in GNU Pascal
snsg-0.4.1.pas.gz.sig, a GnuPG signature ("checksum") for snsg-0.4.1.pas.gz
snsg.gz, the compiled program, statically linked, ready to be run under every i386-based GNU/Linux system
snsg.gz.sig, GnuPG signature for snsg.gz
snsg-dos.zip, the snsg program cross-compiled for MS-DOS
snsg-dos.sig, GnuPG signature for snsg-dos.zip
snsg-w32.zip, the snsg program, cross-compiled for MS Windows 95 or later
snsg-w32.sig, GnuPG signature for snsg-w32.zip

Usage instructions: snsg --help

This software is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

David Gümbel has written a PERL implementation of a program which can encode/decode Snow Signatures. It also is free software under the GNU General Public License.

Scripts for automation of common tasks

desnsg, a shell script which decodes a Snow Signature and tries a list of passphrases to decrypt it

signoise, a shell script which uses snsg, gpg and fortune to produce interesting pure-noise signatures

These scripts are free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

Email client support

mutt

If you add the line

       macro pager G "|desnsg^M"

to your .muttrc file, pressing G in the pager will decode and decrypt the Snow Signature, provided that the correct passphrase is found in the .snsgpass file.

Thanks to Raoul Bönisch and Klaus Tumczak for their inspiring input which led to this simple solution. :-)

Other important software

In order to do anything useful with snsg you will also need the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG), the tool of choice for protecting your privacy. GnuPG is an official GNU project and of course free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

Peter Gerwinski, 22 Oct 2001