From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 10 12:49:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clyde.goodleaf.net (piscator.seanet.com [199.181.165.218]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F2AB37B837 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 12:49:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goodleaf@goodleaf.net) Received: from clyde.goodleaf.net (clyde.goodleaf.net [192.168.0.2]) by clyde.goodleaf.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02977; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:03:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goodleaf@goodleaf.net) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:03:34 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Goodleaf" To: Dan Larsson Cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: To PGP or not to PGP? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm inclined to think that PGP, or GNUpg depending on your ideological commitments, is a very good thing. Fact is, email is about the least secure thing in the world. Not worth too much for carrying information since it's so easy to snoop. Even I could do it, and I don't count myself too proficient compared to most of the folks 'round here. PGP suffers from one primary weakness; the receiver needs it too. All too few people use PGP but everyone helps, so join up. This problem may resolve with education and as certification authorities (see http://www.freecert.org) become more numerous. Obviously you don't NEED PGP, but you may find sending data or personal info distasteful if you look into just how insecure most email is. (How many of us know ISP or network admins who snoop through mailboxes for amusement?) - -John =============================== John Goodleaf goodleaf@goodleaf.net PGP key: finger goodleaf@clyde.goodleaf.net =============================== On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Dan Larsson wrote: > How important is PGP encrypted mail? Should everyone use it? Should I? > > Comments welcome! > > Regards > Dan Larsson > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQA/AwUBOWosHyMjOfs/eSnBEQLi8wCfYbgzbrFzV6LsJJv7AGWXq/YXIzsAoMBy B+i8vaLG3cfqcx9msNhmLwNL =UGOq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message