From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 16 17:58:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02602 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:58:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02531 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:58:07 GMT (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA18774; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:27:38 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980417102737.G1090@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:27:37 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Nathan Dorfman , Michael Class 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> <19980416093514.34787@rtfm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19980416093514.34787@rtfm.net>; from Nathan Dorfman on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 09:35:14AM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 16 April 1998 at 9:35:14 -0400, Nathan Dorfman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 08:32:11AM +0200, Michael Class wrote: >> 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? Not at all. It does rather raise the question as to whether it should be used to sign mail messages, though. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message