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Additionally, Pegasus for Windows supports PGP although I have not yet installed it. "Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote: > I would like to add another reason. I have yet to hear of a security > vulnerability cased by, exploited using, or found in, a PGP/GPG > signature. MSTNEF had an issure where you could munge the header > information (much like RTF), and exec arbitrary code on the receiving > machine. Winmail.dat used to carry a users password in it. HTML can have > embeded scripting it in that, if the mailer isn't careful, can do a > whole host of nasty things.=20 > > A PGP or GPG signature is a small block of plain text that does nothing > of it's own volition. It is merely used to authenticate a person's > e-mail. All of the formatting ethods mentioned actively *DO* something > if the ender is malicious.=20 > =20 > > If you happen to use some other mailer at an alternate location, the > > mailers which can be made to understand cleartext PGP signatures, and > > thereby reduce or eliminate "clutter" include (but are not limited > > to): > >=20 > > mutt > > pine > > exmh > > kmail > > Microsoft Outlook > > I would also add Outlook Express. There is a patch for it called gpgoe. > It is also possible to use GPG in the Windoze world. There is even a > pretty decent front end to it called WinPT (http://www.winpt.org). - -- - -- Gerald Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting ICQ#156300 PGP Key ID:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 12/25/2001 iD8DBQE8d8Ns+wA+1cUGHqkRAlPDAJ9+hr0/DfZ2Y7wP87vm7iXDy1UuNQCghd++ D6jR45/VZ326v/dKpK7ikYY= =lVzK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
