On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:41:16PM -0400, Gerald Timothy Quimpo wrote: > no. if you want the whole path between you and your recipient to be > secure, you use GPG. in answer to your original question about SSL vs > GPG. they solve different problems. POP3 over SSL solves the "sending > my password in the clear" problem. only the connection between your > computer and the POP3 server is protected by SSL. GPG solves the "i > don't want anyone between me and my recipient to be able to read my > mail" problem.
Very well put summary. Furthermore GnuPG/PGP solves the "I want to be sure that my recipient can be sure that the copy of the email he got was from me was not tampered by anybody in any way after I signed it". This is done by digitally signing the message, which is very commonly seen with security announcements made by various software companies and GNU/Linux distribution maintainers. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : http://jijo.free.net.ph Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
