Also 10 years ago Werner Koch wrote: > I got a lot of mail with the tenor "It is funny that a mailing list > dedicated to email security sends out passwords in the clear". > ...
See http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2001-February/016942.html Best regards, Alex On 01.02.2011, at 13:29, Alexander Willner wrote: > In this context see e.g. [1]: > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:01:17 -0500 (EST) Brian wrote: >> The topic of plaintext passwords sent out each month as part of the >> reminder process came up on the GnuPG mailing list today. >> ... >> I'd like to suggest that encryption of the password reminders be >> implemented. > > > Afaik there was no answer to this request. Added Brian on CC. > > Best regards, Alex > > [1] > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2001-February/008200.html > > >> Hello to the list, >> >> wouldn't it be a bit more secure (and logic) to send out these mailing list >> memberships reminders in encrypted version? It's a bit strange to see my >> password running through the internet without any encryption. If that's not >> possible one should switch off this sending of sensitive data, imho. >> >> Greets, >> B. Alabay > >> _______________________________________________ >> gpgtools-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html >> Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users >> Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 >> >> This email sent to: [email protected] >
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