Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:30:08 -0600 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Email encryption options for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040121002805.05e63ec0@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <87isj6gdlb.fsf@strauser.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040120193001.05cca510@209.152.117.178> <5.1.0.14.2.20040120193001.05cca510@209.152.117.178>
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Thanks Kirk, for your reply!
At 21:55 1/20/2004, Kirk Strauser, wrote:
>At 2004-01-21T01:37:15Z, "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> writes:
>
>> I'd like to use the PHP mail() function to send back some sensitive
>> information. The command pkg_info doesn't show any encryption packages
>> installed.
>>
>> Does anyone have some experience with sending out encrypted emails?
>
>Why not:
>
>1) Install the security/gnupg port.
Would this consist of:
1. First doing a portupgrade? (OS is FreeBSD 4.4, ports are=20
pretty much that old.)
# portupgrade gnupg -arR
(The -R will check the build dependencies and the -r=20
will check the applications that depend upon the=20
port being upgraded. This will prevent your system from having
outdated dependencies and software incompatibilities.)
(Would I need to be logged in as root, or would a super user
be fine?)
2. Go to:
# cd /usr/ports/security/gnupg
3. # make
4. # make install
5. # make clean
6. Would I need to reboot to have full functionality? (This is
a production server, so this process would need to be done
during off hours.)
>2) Generate a keypair for the email recipient.
Like this?
# gpg --gen-key
>3) Craft your script to use the "gpg" program to encrypt the outbound email
> with the public key generated in step #2.
>4) mail()
Something like these?
http://www.pantz.org/scripting/php/gpgemail.shtml
http://www.awtrey.com//files/php/gpgsend.txt
>5) Profit!
Could you be *VERY* specific on how to do this? ;^)
Thanks!
>--=20
>Kirk Strauser
>
>"94 outdated ports on the box,
> 94 outdated ports.
> Portupgrade one, an hour 'til done,
> 82 outdated ports on the box."
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