Re: educuase (the mailing list) and pgp/gpg signatures

[Gary Dobbins <dobbins () ND EDU>]

Apparently, breakage of S/MIME sigs by list processors is more common than
not.  Till recently, I'm told, all but one mainstream list processor broke
S/MIME.  However, our postmaster recently upgraded our listserv-based
system, and it no longer damages S/MIME sigs.

Peter Moody wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I'm not sure if this is an issue for anyone else or not, but the
> listserv software used by the educause folks completely breaks
> cryptographic signatures by adding the footer that it in the way it
> does.
>
> I've sent messages to the admins but it appears they've been ignored. It
> seems curious to me that a security oriented list such as this one,
> would use software which negates the security provided by gpg/pgp and
> cryptographic signatures.
>
> Other lists use listserv software which doesn't break signatures like
> educuase's does, and it would seem to me to be a worthwhile investment
> of time to try and find a solution which would work in the educause
> environment.
>
> Regards,
> -Peter

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  Gary Dobbins, CISSP -- Director, Information Security
  University of Notre Dame, Office of Information Technologies

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