[48838] in Cypherpunks
re: Netscape "secure E-Mail"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (A. Padgett Peterson, P.E. Informat)
Wed Jan 31 18:22:48 1996
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:53:53 -0500 (EST)
From: "A. Padgett Peterson, P.E. Information Security" <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Vince rites:
>Anyway, it should be much easier to use than PGP.
Can send PGP encrypted E-Mail from inside Netscape now - highlight/cut/punch
Enclyptor "crypt" button/paste. This is difficult ? Read is same except
punch "Dec" and notepad pops up with cleartext. Have even read encrypted
mail on the VAX with Telnet that way (no, Virginia, the cleartext does
not pass on the net).
> * Integrated email - Netscape Navigator 2.0 offers full-featured and rich
> email capabilities, allowing you to both read and send secure email
> messages without launching an external email application.
Could do that now with a commerce server - didn't say "encrypted" email,
said "secure". Prolly just sends it to port 443 on the secure channel and
the server does the SMTP to the internal net.
Warmly,
Padgett
