Why does Kiwi use strong encryption?
The reason to use strong encryption is because security through a system with known security is always stronger than security through obscurity. By using strong encryption, we make it more difficult for a spammer to bypass Kiwi, making them perform more work to send us unwanted email. Is there a Windows version of Kiwi available? The first target platforms for Kiwi are open-source platforms. Kiwi is much easier to implement on an open-source platform, since access to the source allows easy modification of the components that send out mail and news. In addition, open-source platforms are generally more modular, meaning that the changes Kiwi makes impact less programs, making debugging easier. The full specification to Kiwi is available for programmers who make closed-source mail and news user agents for Windows. Those programmers are free to incorporate Kiwi compatibility in to their programs. The specification and software is in the public domain, and infringes on no patents. Since I d
