From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 16 17:18:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA24408 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:18:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.volant.org (phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA24361 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:18:29 GMT (envelope-from patl@phoenix.volant.org) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org Received: from asimov.phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.65] by phoenix.volant.org with smtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0yPyrL-0002oK-00; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:18:27 -0700 Received: from localhost by asimov.phoenix.volant.org (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id RAA10067; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:16:33 -0700 Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:16:33 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Subject: Re: Digitally Signed Messages To: "Scot W. Hetzel" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <006801bd6947$ea64a1e0$c3e0d9cf@admin.westbend.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Reilly > > >Methinks your mailer is broken: > > > >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 > >>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 > > > > My Mailer isn't broken, I just wasn't expecting it from this list. And the > extra steps I had to take to read the message. If it requires annoying extra steps, it IS broken. Complain to the vendor and/or switch mailers. > The real question is does Digitally Signed Messages, and HTML belong on a > Mailing list? Absolutely NOT. Half right. HTML doesn't add any useful information, and obscures the body of the message when view in non-HTML-aware MUAs. But Digital Signatures DO add useful information, namely a verification that the message is not a forgery and has not been tampered with. (Within whatever trust level you assign to that particular key.) This is just as useful in a mailing list as it is in a private discussion. Possibly more so, since the exposure to potential forgers is greater. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message