Re: Smells like a phish, is a fish?

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>]

On 29/10/05 16:22 +1000, Lyal Collins wrote:
> We are moving off topic slightly, but I disagree, and agree. 
> There is a bigger general problem caused by encrypting email in virtually
> every PKI mechanism.
> 1. Virus and spam control measures fail.

Spam is not about content, even if there are misguided attempts at
filtering based on content. Spam is about consent, and the rejection can
safely be done at the edge.

> 2. Corporate access to the content in email is at the discretion of the
> individual, not the corporate entity. This breaks many corporate laws, and
> helps IP thft etc.
>
> Signing email does not have these issues, but what's the point of the cost
> to do that (cert cost, support overheads et al) and not protect the message
> content from misuse?
>
> There are better email authentication and confidentiality solutions that
> PKI-based ones.

Such as? Put it on a website and expect things to be collected later?
Mail 2000?

Devdas Bhagat