[845] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Software Sales via e-mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stev knowles)
Tue Jun 18 10:20:01 1991
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 10:03:14 -0400
To: Scott Hinckley <scott@hsvaic.boeing.com>
From: stev@ftp.com (stev knowles)
Cc: com-priv@uu.psi.com, risks@hercules.csl.sri.com
If this information is sent unencrypted, all sites in between could now
have a copy! This would only seem to be effective if there is an associated
encryption, with a (non-email communicated) key.
i suppose we are from different worlds here. when i saw this, i said to
myself "hmmm, finally someone is using FTP as a distribution method for a
product rather than a bug fix", as it is often used. email didnt enter my
mind. i dont think email will *really* be a viable alternative, unless
someone works on the mail system alot. . . . .
