On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 07:33:24AM -0400, Richard Damon wrote: > I would say that the problem that is being attempted to solve is > fundamentally impossible to do perfectly. It is impossible to distribute > messages in a secure manner to a number of recipients that you don't have > total control over their enviroment and KNOW that security is being > maintained. Communication always has that sort of issue, if you tell someone > something private, you need to be able to trust that they will keep it > private, and their is always a risk that they will reveal the information > intentionally or accidentally.
[snip] I think this (and the rest, which I've elided for brevity) is a very good statement of the problem. I'll just add that -- in the general case, and quoting from the above, we already KNOW that security is *not* being maintained. It's not an open question, it's been answered very clearly for well over a decade. (In the specific case, e.g., the right people using the right devices with the right knowledge and self-discipline: maybe. But there are not many of those cases and any of them can revert to the general case in seconds with one poor decision or perhaps even without one.) ---rsk _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
