On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:04:18 +1200 Raffael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > my name is Raffael and I am a studying comp. science at the UC. > For a postgrad. research project I would like to investigate the use > of open source software for secure communication in a business > environment. I am using e.g. GnuPG myself, but I havn't seen the use > in a company yet and I would like to learn more about it. > > I am facing two problems: > * I have to find a company which uses GnuPG or an other open source > solution for secure communication > * I have to find a scientific way to investigate and study this topic > > Maybe you can help me with the first point. > > > Thank you and kind regards, > > Raffael > > Hey Raffael, The major problem is that both parties need to be using mail clients that support this technology, and *TO HAVE SET IT UP*, even more so to have correctly set it up! (points to sender (: ) As this requires effort on everyones part to actually implement this, it just plain doesn't work. We're looking at ways of simplifying this method, but, as most people use Outlook/Express for mail communications, it's not going to be an open source solution ): Steve
