[65056] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Email security issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Mon Nov 10 15:31:10 2003
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
To: "Brian Bruns" <bruns@2mbit.com>
Cc: "North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:16:35 -0600
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Thus spake "Brian Bruns" <bruns@2mbit.com>
> This is one of those times where either PGP/GPG or these digital ID things
> in Outlook/Outlook Express would come in handy. Not that I would expect
> normal users to bother to check to see if the sig is legit or not,
> considering these are the same people who seem to have no problem opening
a
> zip file and running an exe in it (ala MiMail).
Some MUAs automatically verify signatures before allowing the user to view
the message...
S
Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein
CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
