On 27 Oct 2010, at 13:11, [email protected] wrote:

> Zitat von Mark Blackman <[email protected]>:
> 
>> On 27 Oct 2010, at 13:02, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>> 
>>> Is it somehow possible to make Postfix add a digital signature to outgoing 
>>> emails?
>>> 
>>> Most likely Postfix itself can't do it, but maybe there is some filter 
>>> (similar to amavis, or dkimproxy) which can be used with Postfix, which 
>>> lets digitally sign email (i.e. if From: is X1, sign with key K1)?
>> 
>> That's a job for the MUA, not the MTA. There's no fraud-proof way for 
>> postfix to know who is sending the email.
> 
> If username/password with TLS is enough there are fraud-proof ways do it 
> Postfix content-filter, if not be sure to use at least ID-cards class3 with 
> your MUA.

You're right, of course. I was overlooking that case and thinking of the more 
general internal unauthenticated relay case.

I still suspect that's better done at the MUA level though, as the digital 
signature requires the use of a private key
which should have a passphrase that only an interactive session can ask for.

OTOH, you can imagine uses of digital signatures that are slightly less 
demanding than the case of an individual making
legally-binding statements.

- Mark


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