Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread Florian Lohoff
Hi, On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 01:24:44PM -0600, Will Fiveash wrote: I have a couple of comments about this: - Why sign most messages? Unless the information is important for others to verify that it came from a particular person why add the bloat of a signature. Beyond this I find it

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Florian Lohoff: On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 01:24:44PM -0600, Will Fiveash wrote: I have a couple of comments about this: - Why sign most messages? Unless the information is important for others to verify that it came from a particular person why add the bloat of a

Re: S/MIME from command-line

2013-03-06 Thread Kunszt Árpád
2013/3/6 Andre Klärner kan...@ak-online.be: Hi Kunszt, On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 09:05:06AM +0100, Kunszt Árpád wrote: When I'm using the interactive user-interface everything works fine, but from the command line it doesn't work. I tried a lot of things, googled half of the day, but I didn't

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread Dale Raby
I sign most of my messages, even though I only know a few people who actively use GnuPG/PGP. As I see it, this is one way of promoting encryption. I.e.: What is that block of gibberish you have at the end of your emails? That, my friend is my public key. If you have the right software you can

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Dale Raby daler...@gmail.com [03-06-13 10:39]: [...] I see no problem in signing list posts. For those who want to verify them, its easy to set up, those who don't can ignore them just as easily. Its not like you are printing them out and reading them from paper, after all. Which is the

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Dale Raby: encryption. I.e.: What is that block of gibberish you have at the end of your emails? That, my friend is my public key. If you have the right software you can verify that I sent you that message, and we can even send encrypted emails that nobody else can read but

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 09:37:46AM -0600, Dale Raby wrote: I sign most of my messages, even though I only know a few people who actively use GnuPG/PGP. As I see it, this is one way of promoting encryption. I.e.: What is that block of gibberish you have at the end of your emails? That, my

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread Will Fiveash
On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 03:22:47PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 09:37:46AM -0600, Dale Raby wrote: I sign most of my messages, even though I only know a few people who actively use GnuPG/PGP. As I see it, this is one way of promoting encryption. I.e.: What is that

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Robert Holtzman: Your dreaming. In my experience 99.9% of the replies are why would I want to? That's when you get a chance to explain it. Wouldn't it be neat if you could order weed from your dealer via email? :-O As opposed to over the phone with ATT forwarding all your

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Will Fiveash: As a side note, I wonder if a pgp/gpg signature as proof of authorship has ever been tested in court? My guess is no. The legal community considers fax to be cutting edge reliable tech. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

Re: Why sign every message? (was Re: Sending attachments without crypt_autosign

2013-03-06 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 04:35:07PM -0700, s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Robert Holtzman: Your dreaming. In my experience 99.9% of the replies are why would I want to? That's when you get a chance to explain it. Wouldn't it be neat if you could order weed from your dealer via email?