On 12/06/13 00:02, Jeremy Stanley wrote: > On 2013-06-11 23:50:01 +0200 (+0200), Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Something that doesn't have these limitations: >> >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2487#section-7 > [...] > > That basically just makes the case for relying on (E)SMTP only for > transporting messages, but leveraging OpenPGP or S/MIME to provide > authentication and confidentiality where required (or for anonymity, > Mixmaster et al).
OpenPGP and S/MIME don't guarantee anonymity as they don't (and can't really) encrypt the headers/envelope That is the type of `metadata' that allows a hostile party to start building a social graph of who knows who. Even if they can't see the contents of the communications, those social graphs are undesirable and an ideal solution would prevent that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51b81051.8060...@pocock.com.au
