Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 21:04:55 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how is mail secure when only signed? Message-ID: <20010807210455.A43613@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108071643330.14442-100000@inconnu.isu.edu>; from galt@inconnu.isu.edu on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 04:45:10PM -0600 References: <20010807023118.A47821@moo.holy.cow> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108071643330.14442-100000@inconnu.isu.edu>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 07 18:45 -0400, sent by John Galt > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, parv wrote: > > >i am curious as why would some people, thus software, would consider a > >plain text mail which is only signed, not encrypted, w/ public key of > >some encryption scheme as secure? ... > > http://world.std.com/~dtd/sign_encrypt/sign_encrypt7.html > > It's not. This was discussed on one of the securityfocus mailinglists a > while ago. thanks john for the link; it's massive but i think i will be able to digest it ... by chewing very slowly... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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