Rob King wrote: > > Tim, > > The password is sent during registration via email. The user can then > change this via the website prior to receiving secured attachments.
Is the user *required* to change this password-sent-by-email-in-the-clear before they can receive encrypted attachments, or is the password change optional? Tim C > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Churches [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 16:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General Practice Computing Group Talk > Cc: 'General Practice Computing Group Talk' > Subject: Re: RE: [GPCG_TALK] HeSA/Medicare Digital Certificates > > Rob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A PDF is encrypted using Adobe's methods and attached to normal email. > > OK. Is the PDF decrypted by the recipient using a PKI certificate or a > password which is shared between 2hippos and the recipient? Abobe Reader > supports both forms of encryption (symmetrical and PKI), I think? If the > latter, how is the password securely conveyed tot he recipient? > > Tim C > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Churches [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 16:34 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General Practice Computing Group Talk >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] HeSA/Medicare Digital Certificates >> >> Rob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I note some discussion about 2Hippo and digital signing. Rob >>> Hosking is >>> correct: 2Hippo supports the use of individual Medicare (HeSA) >>> certificates to sign any document. 2Hippo also verifies any signed >>> document received, and provides an audit trail of all events >>> occurring >>> to that document. >>> >>> The dig sig does not transfer to encrypted PDF attachments when >>> recipients opt to receive secure documents via email. >> Could you expand on the last point, please? Does 2hippos use the >> encryption built into Adobe Acrobat to create encrypted PDF files >> which are then sent by normal email, or does 2 hippos send unencrypted >> PDF files as attachments to encrypted email messages? >> >> Tim C >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gpcg_talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
