I know people may be worried about sending unencrypted email over the internet, but some critics point out that if you send out encrypted email it is more likely to come to the attention of those parties interested in users using encryption since they would reason that people using encryption have something to hide, even when all they want is privacy.
Yours, Kevin Crichton PhD (St. Andrews), MCSE ICL, Lytham veins wrote: > > It is common knowledge that unencrypted messages sent over an unsecured > Internet connection *can* be viewed in clear text and thus the contents > compromised. My questions: > > 1. Is it really easy? How readily available are sniffing tools that > can do this? > > Any common sniffing tool can allow to do that, sometimes with minor > alteration. > > 2. Can it be done from a user's home dial up or DSL type connection? > Can someone in California somehow be scanning mail leaving a New York > location? > > basically, someone would need to compromise one of the mail servers between > the sender and the recipient, so yes it is possible, but no it's not > possible for > everyone. > > 3. Outside of government agencies that have access to selected ISP's, > how likely is it that a company could be targeted by an outside person > or organization? > > it still depends on wether or not a mail server is compromised somewhere. > > veins > > **************************************************************************************** This message is confidential, its contents do not constitute a commitment by AXA except where provided for in a written agreement between you and AXA. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemintation, either whole or partial, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of the message, please notify the sender immediately. *****************************************************************************************
