From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 15 14:04:08 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 62DE016A410 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:04:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D541843D49 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:04:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from localhost (monrovll-cuda1-24-53-251-44.pittpa.adelphia.net [24.53.251.44]) (AUTH: LOGIN wmoran, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:04:06 -0400 id 00056403.4440FD56.00009A10 Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:04:06 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Kees Plonsz Message-Id: <20060415100406.0255d51e.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <200604151523.27398.kees@jeremino.homeunix.net> References: <200604151523.27398.kees@jeremino.homeunix.net> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 14:04:08 -0000 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. > 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. > We don't send postings in .html for that same reason. > > Let me hear your opinion about this...... There have been occasional incidents of impersonation for the purpose of defaming character. While I'm not Theo deRadtt, and therefore not a huge target for such activities, I can't blame anyone for signing every single message they send, so they establish a pattern that can later prove which messages were truely theirs. With regards to your mail program issues: Digisigs don't use very many bytes, and most modern MUAs will display a signed message cleanly. Even those that don't still allow the message to be read. Considering the number of "identity thefts" that occur every year, I believe digisigs are a necessary protective evil that we'd best get used to. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com