PGP is a de facto standard - its been around long enough and has enough support that it is nearly universal.
S/MIME is far less well supported - especially when considering non-Windows systems. -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:32 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Exchange server level encryption > > > True. Is PGP a standard? I believe that SMIME is a standard, > which seems safer in the long run. However, I'm not involved > at all with mail encryption, so I'm not up to speed on these issues. > > Erick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Sojka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:24 PM > Subject: RE: Exchange server level encryption > > > Yup. But PGP is one of the most widely deployed encryption > packages and has software for various client and server packages. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erick Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:19 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: Exchange server level encryption > > > > > > Doesn't PGP suffer from the same problem, where the > recipients need to > > have a PGP key set up? > > > > Erick > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ken Cornetet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:38 PM > > Subject: RE: Exchange server level encryption > > > > > > I'll assume you are talking about SMIME encryption here. > What you want > > to do is not possible in the general sense. You need the > recipient's > > public key in order to encrypt their mail. You would have to have a > > predefined list of all possible recipients and their public > keys. Even > > if you had this list, I know of no products that implement > this (but > > then again, I've never looked) > > > > You could probably rig something up using PGP on a unix box as an > > outbound gateway. But then all your recipients would need > PGP to read > > the mail. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hutchins, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:25 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Exchange server level encryption > > > > > > Ok, my eyes are going crossed. > > I have been trying to figure out a decent way to encrypt > all outbound > > email from our company. This is for compliance with HIPAA. > Does anyone > > happen to have any ideas? > > > > I have googled and haven't found a product that looks right. I have > > searched for "exchange 2000 encryption", "email encryption", etc. > > Help? > > > > TIA > > > > Mike > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
