Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:33:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Digitally Signed Messages (Re: HEADS UP: CAM cutover in two weeks.) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980416072258.347B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980416193144.U1090@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > Your previous point: digital signatures. mutt does this too, though > not according to X.509. In general, I have difficulty understanding > why anybody should want to send a digitally signed message to people > who don't have the ability to check the authenticity of the > signature. That applies to a lot of the messages I see on the mutt > mailing list, and it makes me wonder whether people are just sending > them for the fun of it. On the other hand, I must confess that I did > so myself for a few days before I realised how little sense it makes. Some users are kind enough to put a line in their .sig like "finger grog@lemis.com for PGP key." This ensures that people _do_ have the ability the check the sig. I make my key availabe on the web because teh admins here don't let finger requests come in from 'net. It can make sense if the key is available. I think signing to raise awareness and acceptance of privacy issues and crypto is important. As soon as I can figure out how to get pine to do it, I will be signing more often. Maybe not to lists, which might be annoyed by the practice, but to everyone else. Are not unix users the evangelists of the computing world? Perhaps my virus crusade .sig will change to a crypto crusade .sig. :) Have fun, | Stop warning me about the latest virus. Learn more... Jason Wells | http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html PS: You know this .sig actually pisses off a lot of my friends. They think I am wrong about "Good times". They never do read the URL. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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