Depends on what your objective is? Digital signing ensures that the hosts who are communicating are really who they claim to be. It doesn't keep anyone in the middle from intercepting and reading the communications however.
Encryption makes it much more difficult to decipher the packets as they fly around the network... Encryption doesn't keep a malicious host from spoofing a known good host though... Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -----Original Message----- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Which is better Digitally sign communications Or Digitally encrypt secure channel data Justin A. Salandra, MCSE Senior Network Engineer Catholic Healthcare System 212.752.7300 - office 917.455.0110 - cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
