On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:01:20PM -0700, Russ Johnson wrote: > Jacob Meuser wrote: > > >What's the point of encryption for an archived mailing list? > > > > > > There appears to be some confusion here. Two different functions of keys. > > Encryption of email and signing of email. > > One hides the content of the email and the other identifies the author > and/or validates the content of that email.
of course. > Obviously, in an email list, you would not want to encrypt your email. > You may want to sign it, so that everyone knows that YOU are the one > that sent that particular email and that it has not been altered since > you sent it. I would imagine there's a tighter "web of trust" on a mailing list than from without. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
