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On January 22, 2001, at 10:14:23 AM, Dierk Haasis Wrote:
DH> And, BTW, referring to the original idea - which I do promote for
DH> some time now - if you sign every mail someone needs a very
DH> sophisticated programme to send those Melissa kind auto-mails. This
DH> virus has to make everything that Melissa does and to invoke PGP and
DH> then either use the passphrase (hopefully stored only in the brain of
DH> the user) or make the user sign the mail. Only way to do it would be
DH> if someone uses a 24 hour passphrase storage and never shutting down
DH> the PC.
DH> The second part being, people who change files per e-mail can always
DH> check if the signature is ok; nearly the same as calling up and
DH> asking.
Good points Dierk. And Thomas, if you are reading this message, here is as
good an example as any, of the security provided by PGP signing all your
postings. Another example, was the version 2.0 hoax that came through on
TBBETA. If Max would get into the habit of signing all his postings... and
most especially those concerning releases... then that hoax would have ended
immediately. ;o)
However, Recipients must also get into the habit of verifying PGP
signatures. That is highly unlikely however, so that would be a good reason
for RITLabs to develop an updated PGP Plugin that would allow for automatic
verification of signatures, and include support for PGP 7.0.3 as well.
<hint> ;o)
Nick
N.J. Andriash [ TB! v1.49c | PGP 7.0.3 | Win 98 SE ]
Vancouver, B.C. Canada | PGP Key ID: 0x7BA3FDCE
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