Re: UK gov get onboard the security notification train

2005-02-24 Thread Simon Dick
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 09:43 +, Alex Bligh wrote: > > > --On 24 February 2005 09:37 + Martin Hepworth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Also it's shame there's no sign-up confirmation email/SMS on these. > > I am betting they don't PGP sign anything, so that it's entirely > possible f

Re: UK gov get onboard the security notification train

2005-02-24 Thread Alex Bligh
--On 24 February 2005 09:37 + Martin Hepworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also it's shame there's no sign-up confirmation email/SMS on these. I am betting they don't PGP sign anything, so that it's entirely possible for some miscreant to provide spoof attacks. Alex

Re: UK gov get onboard the security notification train

2005-02-24 Thread Martin Hepworth
Also it's shame there's no sign-up confirmation email/SMS on these. Heck should I wish I could get all the spam trojans to sign up to this with interesting email/mobile-numbers and really annoy alot of people. Sigh - reinventing the wheel (badly) again. Wonders what's wrong with MailMan (etc) a

UK gov get onboard the security notification train

2005-02-24 Thread Colin Johnston
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4291005.stm Now maybe if we can persude UK Gov to configure mailing lists correctly to not send virus content before it is scanned then maybe we can all sleep safe at night :) Colin Johnston