On Wednesday 16 Jul 2008, Puneet Lakhina wrote: > 1) Why dont services like Gmail understand PGP encrypted messages and > decrypt them? Has this got something to do with export regulations on > encyrption software?
Because the mail service does not have your PGP private key, which is needed for decrypting PGP-encrypted messages. And if it did, the whole point of PGP (end-user validation/privacy of messages) would be lost. > 2) If i send a PGP encrypted message to the mailing list with my > public key in the -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -----END PGP > PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- blocks is it ok? Will a user using > gmail/yahoomail be able to read my messages? If yes then how does it > happen? Does the mailing list server do the decryption? If yes, does > that mean I receive clear text mails even though someone wanted to > send an encrypted message? Why would you send an encrypted message to a mailing list? > My main reason for this newly accquired paranoia about email privacy > is that I dont want my email admin to be reading my mails, even if > they are to the mailing list. Is PGP the right thing for this? Once again, if you're going to send an encrypted message to a mailing list, don't send it. Are you confused about what PGP does and why/how to use it? > One more thing? Is it possible to encrypt the subject also? Theoretically, yes. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
