But GPG/SSL is not a silver bullet. Once your private key or 3rd party certificate has been compromised and you dont know it, you already have this false sense of security. -rowel
> 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] -- _ 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]
