On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:21:08 +0100, Philipp Morger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> SWITCH - nic.ch - a ignorant and stupid organization.
> Well, that's almost anyone that sends access information in cleartext
> mails... the problem is, that there's almost no security mechanism in
> place - I doubt that if switch would provide (and please do) a way to
> submit a gpg-key to get emails encrypted that it would be used by a wide
> userbase anyway...
And how do you propose to verify the user's key? This is a BIG can of
worms (can you say PKI?). Incidentally, there is an Interface
("Batch-Schnittstelle") for "wholsale partners" that uses PGP
signatures. This is impossible to do on a large scale.
BTW, don't ask me about this security issue, I'm just working for the
NOC :-)
--
Alex
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