Hi Jamie,
On 08 August 2000 at 11:19:37 GMT +0100 (which was 11:19 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "OT? S/MIME & PGP (inspired by: Re[2]: List server rules)":
TF>> Your opinion is that it doesn't matter to you. It does matter to
TF>> me. Please do not send S/Mime signatures. In this relase version
TF>> which I am using here in the office, and for which this list is
TF>> anyway, your certificate shows as a non-openable attachment and
TF>> is just a waste of bandwidth.
TF>> Thanks for some consideration. EOT.
JD> You appear to be a minority low bandwidth user. Many users enjoy PGP and
JD> S/Mime. I do not think it is necessary to decrease our security to
JD> accommodate the minority of users who have a very low bandwidth
JD> connection.
JD> As it has been mentioned before text does compress very well. Maybe
JD> you should double check your modem settings.
Okay - you've all had a say in this debate. My turn:
Thomas you have my sympathy for your connectivity issues. Sometimes
signatures are a valid method of authentication. On this list, I do
agree that they are not needed.
There is another bandwidth issue on this topic too. Mail base size. I
archive all TBUDL and TBBETA throughput for quick reference. These
signatures are a permanent overhead in my archive and at 6k per
message it starts to add up.
Jamie: Please sign only with PGP for this list (TBUDL) for these main
reasons:
1) Your Thawte certificate is *not* notorised and does *not* certify
that the mail comes from Jamie Dainton. Some S/MIME signatures in use
have been fully authenticated and are therefore more acceptable but
still OTT from the POV of identification for TBUDL.
2) PGP signing is much more humane for those of us with huge
mail-bases and / or slow connectivity issues.
IMNSHO S/MIME signing constitutes an attachment and as such isn't
permitted in TBUDL.
While working on signing issues for the beta and writing about it in
TBBETA, well that's another issue.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Moderator TBUDL / TBBETA
www: http://www.silverstones.com
PGP key: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=GET%20MARCKKEY>
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