Paul,
Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -
namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.
And what I heard in the story is that even savvy users such as Phil Z
(who'd have no problem with key management) don't use it often.
BTW, just to show that
At 4:31 PM -0800 2/23/06, Ed Gerck wrote:
Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -
Fully agree.
namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.
We disagree on the meaning of the phrase actually work.
And what I heard in the story is that even savvy
Ed Gerck wrote:
Paul,
Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -
namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.
And what I heard in the story is that even savvy users such as Phil Z
(who'd have no problem with key management) don't use it often.
Hi,
And what I heard in the story is that even savvy users such as Phil Z
(who'd have no problem with key management) don't use it often.
Phil *does* have a problem with key management. He knows how to do
it, but his communications partners are not as good as he is.
Phil Z doesn´t know how
Ben Laurie wrote:
Ed Gerck wrote:
Paul,
Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -
namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.
And what I heard in the story is that even savvy users such as Phil Z
(who'd have no problem with key management) don't use it
Ed Gerck wrote:
Ben Laurie wrote:
Ed Gerck wrote:
Paul,
Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -
namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.
And what I heard in the story is that even savvy users such as Phil Z
(who'd have no problem with key
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ed Gerck writes:
This IS one of the sticky points ;-) If postal mail would work this way,
you'd have to ask me to send you an envelope before you can send me mail.
This is counter-intuitive to users.
I assumed that that was your point, which is why I figured you
Usability should by now be recognized as the key issue for security -
namely, if users can't use it, it doesn't actually work.
% man gpg | wc -l
1705
% man gpg | grep dry
-n, --dry-run Don't make any changes (this is not completely implemented).
I rest my case.
--dan
