Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:27:37 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net>, Michael Class <michael_class@hp.com> Cc: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digitally Signed Messages (Re: HEADS UP: CAM cutover in two weeks.) Message-ID: <19980417102737.G1090@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980416093514.34787@rtfm.net>; from Nathan Dorfman on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 09:35:14AM -0400 References: <05cb01bd6899$6e0135e0$c3e0d9cf@admin.westbend.net> <19980416133939.F1090@freebie.lemis.com> <3535A5EB.E6B6E281@hp.com> <19980416093514.34787@rtfm.net>
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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
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