> No, that is *one of* the game-over conditions; it is not *the* game-over
> condition.
[a lot of stuff I agree with snipped]
Please re-read the thread. You'll see you're agreeing with Peter
Lebbing and me. We've consistently maintained smart cards are useful in
a number of use cases and threat
On 4/23/17 7:16 PM, Will Senn wrote:
> Is it advisable to set options on a smart card such as Name of
> cardholder, Sex, URL of public key, and Language prefs? It just seems
> like information like that is extraneous. Thoughts?
Setting the URL of your public key is certainly useful. To use the
pri
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 01:01:12PM -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> The game-over condition without a smartcard is, "my computer gets
> compromised by an attacker."
No, that is *one of* the game-over conditions; it is not *the* game-over
condition. Without a smartcard, there are other game-over co
> I also tell them that using encrypted mail on an Internet connected
> general purpose OS computer is good for practice and "fun factor",
> but not much else.
This is the kind of "advice" we can do without. Whether encrypted email
is of use to someone depends entirely on their threat model.
Yea
On 04/22/2017 11:12 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote:
It feels like you are saying "if you have a real need for
communication security, a smartcard will make you more secure";
No, this is not what I'm saying...
When asked, I simply repeat that I completely agree with the above
quoted "Laurie/Singer pr
Is it advisable to set options on a smart card such as Name of
cardholder, Sex, URL of public key, and Language prefs? It just seems
like information like that is extraneous. Thoughts?
Thanks,
Will
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