-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Nathalie,
@14 April 2002, 18:48:26 +0200 (17:48 UK time) Nathalie Marlier Seigneuret wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I noticed that on at least four occasions recently, people sent > email from other computers, using my own email address as if I was > the sender. I want to secure the email I send to as to be able to > say : "No, it wasn't me" and prove it. > The certificates (PGP/Mime) feature seems very complicated to setup > and heavy to manage, unless someone gives me a step by step procedure > to follow. > My question is: Would SecureBat! do the trick with its hardware key? No, it would not. SecureBat! would only secure your email client system and protect your mail archives from prying using local encryption techniques. You need to look at signature support systems. The first port of call is PGP. PGP signing is a simple, effective and easily verifiable way of proving 1) identity and 2) that a message is not tampered with. Joint first is S/MIME. S/MIME provides similar authentication to that provided by PGP. Using S/MIME can be more transparent, especially with clients like TB, but it does involve a greater per-message overhead. I personally prefer PGP. PGP keys are self generated and proliferated through public access servers - a kind of "peoples" security. Alternatively, S/MIME certificates are issued by certification authorities. PGP/MIME is something else again. Very few Windows clients support it at all and, of those that do, fewer support it correctly. TB does not support PGP/MIME at present. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D. Pearlstone -- List moderator SB! v1.60d/iKey1000-5523848F0B1 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8ckt Build 08b2 Comment: PGP Sealed for freshness iQA/AwUBPLnD9jnkJKuSnc2gEQKNbwCgmxAQZUnyqJp63FyJPkonEtevoMcAoM+g 8vM2SBeSBmiRckqrNbfb22l3 =vd4h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
