From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 16 06:38:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA04590 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:38:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from limbo.rtfm.net (nathan@rtfm.net [204.141.125.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA04353 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:37:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nathan@limbo.rtfm.net) Received: (from nathan@localhost) by limbo.rtfm.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21706; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:35:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980416093514.34787@rtfm.net> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:35:14 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman To: Michael Class , Greg Lehey Cc: "Scot W. Hetzel" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digitally Signed Messages (Re: HEADS UP: CAM cutover in two weeks.) References: <05cb01bd6899$6e0135e0$c3e0d9cf@admin.westbend.net> <19980416133939.F1090@freebie.lemis.com> <3535A5EB.E6B6E281@hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <3535A5EB.E6B6E281@hp.com>; from Michael Class on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 08:32:11AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 08:32:11AM +0200, Michael Class wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > On Wed, 15 April 1998 at 13:08:01 -0500, Scot W. Hetzel wrote: > > > Could you please not send Digitally Signed Messages to the list. For those > > > of us that have mail programs that support it, it is kind of annoying to > > > have to go through 2 displays to just to read the message. > > > > Can somebody give me more information on digital signatures? What > > software supports it? Where can I find the standards definition? > > > > Greg > > -- > > Hello, > > I think I caused the discussion :-( Iam sorry, I just have the digitial > signing (with X.509 Certificates, done by Netscape Communicator-Mailer) > switched on as default, and forgot to switch it of for the message to > this list. I apologize! > > The reason why I have switched it on by default is that I want to get > people in discussions about digital signing, so that more and more > people will understand how that works in the future. > > Btw: A digital signed message is just a MIME-Message with an attachment > that has the Hash digital encrypted. Do you think that it is evil to use > MIME-Messages on a mailinglist these days? Does this mean that PGP is truly dead? > Micha > > -- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Michael Class E-Mail: michael_class@hp.com > E-Business Solutions Center Phone: +49 7031 14-3707 > EBSO-SERC Fax: +49 7031 14-4196 > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- ________________ _______________________________ / Nathan Dorfman V PGP: finger nathan@rtfm.net / / nathan@rtfm.net | http://www.rtfm.net / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message