> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:16 PM > > But dont you need one of those little gadgets for the > computer from the HeSA > to enable Sending? ie a HeSA Certificate? Not just what > Argus sends.
No, you do not need one of HeSA's little gadgets in order to send messages via Argus. The little gadget is needed *only* if you want to digitally sign a message. Note that encryption and digital signing are two different and independent processes. Messages can be: - encrypted but not signed; - signed but not encrypted; - both encrypted and signed; - neither encrypted nor signed. Encryption is done by using the *recipient's* (not your own) public key of their digital certificate (which can be either a location certificate or an individual certificate). Signing is done by using the private key of your own *individual* certificate. Messages cannot be signed by using a location certificate. Simple, innit? Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens South Australia 5086 Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 M 0407 181 683 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
