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Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT
From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles () skynet be>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:35:01 +0200
At 3:45 PM -0400 2002/07/10, Andy Dills wrote:
Lest anybody confuse my argument, I think PGP signatures are a good thing. I just don't think people need to sign everything they send. And I'm talking about posts to Nanog here, not private communication. In private communication, it's reasonable to sign most everything sent with official business purpose.
No. It is precisely the public e-mail messages which should always be signed, since they are the ones likely to reach the largest audience, and the ones that are likely to have the biggest negative impact if they are successfully spoofed.
You should sign all private e-mail, too, but the public e-mail messages are the ones that need it the most.
-- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles () skynet be> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
Current thread:
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Andy Dills (Jul 10)
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Chris Woodfield (Jul 10)
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Brad Knowles (Jul 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Andy Dills (Jul 10)
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Scott Francis (Jul 10)
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Stephen Sprunk (Jul 10)
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Brad Knowles (Jul 15)
- Re: Evil PGP sigs thread must die. was Re: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in my MUA OT Christian Kuhtz (Jul 15)