Re: Why should I use PGP ?
Hello Cyrille, Friday, May 28, 2004, 10:51:07 AM, you wrote: C Why should I use PGP ? Why not? PGP (or GPG) are mostly used by people for signing emails. If you want people to be able to say, with certainty, that an email was from you then the best way is to sign it. After all, I could easily set up my own SMTP server and spoof your from address if I wanted to - but I can't forge your PGP signature very easily. Such digital signatures are also considered legally binding in some territories, I believe. I must admit I've never used it for encryption - just signing. -- Best regards, Philipmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v2.10.03 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 pgpUNUeTGJ96f.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why should I use PGP ?
On Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 6:00 PM, you wrote: PS PGP (or GPG) are mostly used by people for signing emails. If you want PS people to be able to say, with certainty, that an email was from you PS then the best way is to sign it. After all, I could easily set up my PS own SMTP server and spoof your from address if I wanted to - but I PS can't forge your PGP signature very easily. PS I must admit I've never used it for encryption - just signing. I have used it for encryption, it is easy. You and the other person need to trade keys, or get their key from the keyserver ( or however they usually do it) then encrypt the message to that key. THey play with this on the pgp-basics list all the time. we also have many people on this list who do it, and a few of them have worked with me in the past:) if you have sensitive information that you don't want on a postcard available to anyone in the world, you might want to learn to encrypt emails. -- Paul Using The Bat! v2.11 RC/1 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Apr2004 (4.1.396) (avast! version number) 0423-0 (01.06.2004) (avast! DB version number) 4.1.396 (avast! plugin version number) Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why should I use PGP ?
Hi Cyrille, On Friday, May 28, 2004, at 2:51:07 AM PST, you wrote: Why should I use PGP ? I just noticed your message sitting here unanswered for a few days, so perhaps I can mention a few reasons why you might want to use PGP (though PGP integration is a part of The Bat!, if we go too much into purely PGP issues, perhaps we could move this to the OT list). Anyway...here are a few reasons you might want to use PGP... 1) To protect your privacy via email, and in doing so, also protect the privacy of your correspondents. Basically, encryption allows you to put your email in an envelope rather than on a postcard. It's kind of amazing what people will put on an email postcard, though they wouldn't dare put such things on a postcard to send through the post. 2) To give your email and document recipients a way to verify if messages, documents, and other files are really from you, and to also let them know if your signed documents or files have been altered or not since you signed them. 3) To use PGPdisk, or some other disk volume encryption tool to protect various local databases, programs, etc. PGP, GnuPG, and various disk volume encryption tools can go a long way in protecting our privacy in a digital environment that is, by default, extremely insecure. -- Melissa PGP public keys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Body=Please%20send%20keys TB! v2.10.01 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 pgpAvCPWURbSH.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Why should I use PGP ?
Hello, Why should I use PGP ? [no sig and no delimiters, because my ISP spoils them and the moderators don't like it] Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
