Chris Knadle wrote: > On 2013-08-17 16:24, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > In light of the inherent flaws, lax security model of current email, > > bitmessage has been suggested as an alternative. I want to see your > > comment > > on what you think of such a system. > > > > Since I have never been an admin for email on a server I am not able to > > say > > if this is good or bad. > > I don't think it's a replacement for email. Now, when it comes to > "the lax security model of email", have a look into ESMTPS, which some email > services use. ESMTPS encrypts the email transfer, such that the user > doesn't need to do anything special for this to happen. ESMTPS is still > important even when using GPG-encrypted messages, because GPG encrypts > the body of the message but not who the message is To/From or the Subject. > There are a bunch of email services using ESMTPS today, and you wouldn't > know it until you look at the mail headers for messages you've received. > ;-) [Look for ESMTPS and/or TLS in the Received: lines.] > > > Sounds good, but that usually ends up meaning its not.... > > > > https://bitmessage.org/bitmessage.pdf [1] > > https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page [2] > > This sounds more like a "secure Twitter protocol" than an email > protocol.
Yeah, I looked into it at one point and my impression was that it was more about secure/anonymous _broadcast_ than direct person to person communication. you could use it for transmission, though, assuming you have the recipient's public key. Encrypt a message for the recipient and then broadcast it. Everyone gets it, but only the recipient can read it. And no one can tell where either of you are. > > -- Chris > > -- > > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Sep 4 - NoSQL and MongoDB > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > Nov 6 - November Meeting > ============================================================================= michaelMuller = [email protected] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are explorers in the further reaches of experience: demons to some, angels to others. - "Pinhead" from "Hellraiser" ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Sep 4 - NoSQL and MongoDB Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware Nov 6 - November Meeting
