[4536] in linux-net channel archive
Re: [off-topic] unsolited mailings...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (. Tethys " SYSTEM ADMIN " X)
Thu Sep 26 00:43:28 1996
To: Alexandre Maret <amaret@infomaniak.ch>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu,
sparclinux@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:26:44 +0200."
<32470EA4.77BF91C7@infomaniak.ch>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 09:35:25 +0100
From: ". Tethys " SYSTEM ADMIN " X" <tethys@isengard.lonnds.ml.com>
Alexandre Maret <amaret@infomaniak.ch> wrote:
>2) a suggestion :
>
> we could require use of pgp and send only encrypted mail
> to subscribers. We would produce a message
> readable by everyone on the list (possible with pgp...
> dunno how much time it would take to encrypt a 4kB
> mail for ... 1000 recipients (realistic?))
>
> we could also require all incoming mails to be signed,
> and use some kind of trusted key server... ran by linux's
> fans
Nice idea, but completely impractical, since a lot of people read the
linux mailing lists from work. Many companies have a policy of not
allowing external software (and PGP falls into this category) to be
loaded onto the corporate network, so you'd be preventing a large
number of people from reading the lists altogether :-(
Tet
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