From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 15 14:23:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E8316A40D for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:23:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benlutz@datacomm.ch) Received: from maxlor.mine.nu (c-213-160-32-54.customer.ggaweb.ch [213.160.32.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 896E243D4C for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:23:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from benlutz@datacomm.ch) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by maxlor.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A21462E09C for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:23:08 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at atlantis.intranet Received: from maxlor.mine.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (atlantis.intranet [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TIXYoozrvkhk for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:23:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mini.intranet (mini.intranet [10.0.0.17]) by maxlor.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7118F2E09B for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:23:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Benjamin Lutz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:23:00 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <200604151523.27398.kees@jeremino.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <200604151523.27398.kees@jeremino.homeunix.net> X-Face: $Ov27?7*N,h60fIEfNJdb!m,@#4T/d; 1hw|W0zvsHM(a$Yn6BYQ0^SEEXvi8>D`|V*F"=?iso-8859-1?q?=5F+R=0A?= 2@Aq>+mNb4`,'[[%z9v0Fa~]AD1}xQO3|>b.z&}l#R-_(P`?@Mz"kS; XC>Eti,i3>%@g?4f,=?iso-8859-1?q?=5Cc7=7CGh=0A?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_wb=26ky=24b2PJ=5E=5C0b83NkLsFKv=7CsmL/cI4UD=25Tu8alAD?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2588768.si11pzXmfW"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200604151623.05589.benlutz@datacomm.ch> Subject: Re: Why are people singing there postings on this mailling list ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:23:10 -0000 --nextPart2588768.si11pzXmfW Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 15 April 2006 15:23, Kees Plonsz wrote: > Is is so important to know that the question or answer came from > that person ? I don't think so. > Even if it were so, for me it is too much trouble to import every key > into my key-database from a key-server. I sign emails for the same reason I sign my snail-mail letters with a pen. = I=20 like providing authenticity. Whether the recipient actually checks the=20 signatures is not that important, important is that if the need or desire=20 arises, he can. I don't import every key I come across either, usually only those keys for= =20 which I get signatures on a regular basis. > On the other hand, those who aren't able to read singed messages > are confronted with a lot of carbage tekst wich makes the posting > harder to read. Most people use PGP/Mime these days. If your mail client does not support P= GP,=20 the signature will be surpressed or maybe shown as attachment. Either way,= =20 that doesn't make the mail content harder to read. And if your Mail client= =20 doesn't support Mime yet, well, that's your choice, and seeing the signatur= e=20 plaintext is far from the worst inconvience you'll have to put up with in=20 that case. > We don't send postings in .html for that same reason. That's different. Html text means there's no readable content at all for=20 non-HTML mail readers. And these are quite common. I sign my emails for two other reasons. First, I'm advocating adoption of P= GP=20 by everyone. I wish to sensitize people for the facts that standard emails= =20 are neither private nor authenticated, and that you can achieve these very= =20 important things with PGP. Frankly, I find it staggering how many people se= nd around confidential information in emails over the public internet, without= =20 thinking of the consequences. The second reason is very personal. It takes some effort on my part to sign= =20 email. I am not using any key agent, which means I enter my keyphrase every= =20 time I send an email. This makes the process of sending an email more=20 conscious for me: I think twice whether I really want to send it. Sometimes= =20 times I've stopped myself from sending an email I would later regret (a=20 flame, or an angry answer, something like that) at the signing stage. It=20 means that sending an email is not as much of a fire-and-forget thing for m= e.=20 I like that. Cheers Benjamin --nextPart2588768.si11pzXmfW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBEQQHJgShs4qbRdeQRAutAAJ4gliCTz2MOJ6rjIJixF6207v69ZwCeLON8 cmygu5zqI8SYESlxmPuU+xU= =flUh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2588768.si11pzXmfW--