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This was really interesting article. Strong encryption without a computer. Now if some smart person could convert that into some kind of asymmetric key system it would really rule. Take a look:Solitaire

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That is pretty cool. I think that I may implement that on the computer if I find enough time to code it one of these days. The algorithm really isn't too complicated, the typing will just take a while. Thanks for the link!

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But the point of that system was the fact that it doesn't need a computer...

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Well, not needing a computer, and not being useful if implemented on one are two different things. I, for one, think that this would be very useful to implement in any software that uses or requires encryption.

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Well why not, should be fairly interesting programming exercise. But if the main point is to secure some application, why not use one of the existing, patent-free algorithms? There are many good implementations already, at least in c/c++, all you have to do is include some source code and write an interface for your data. I'm still saying that the interesting bit about solitaire is the fact that it doesn't need a computer but is (supposedly) secure even against serious computing power.
But go ahead and post here how it worked. I'm personally sticking with Rijndael and RSA when it comes to software aided encryption...

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