Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:05:01 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: "Robert G. Waycott" <rgwaycott@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [OT] PGP signing ... Message-ID: <20031003200501.GB3706@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <1065204942.43714.24.camel@localhost> References: <1065204942.43714.24.camel@localhost>
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--R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Second question: why do many users on the list PGP sign messages? Is > there something nefarious out there about which I should worry?=20 One reason why I personally sign my email to the mailing lists is that there is lots of spam with forged From-adresses (and that does not only apply to spam). When you recieve a signed message from me, you can be somewhat more sure that that message really orginates from me (unless you think I sent some spam without signature, of course, or someone somehow got my private key). Another reason is "to spread the word" and make digitally signed email a more common thing. Something that has got to do with both points is that IMO you have to sign every single message or none in order not to confuse people. > Is > PGP-signing really providing a great deal of security? The most important thing is of course, that there is the often-quoted web of trust, i.e. that the key an incoming is signed with is trusted by the receiver - I admit at least for my own part, that is not the case far too often. Regards, Simon --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/fdZsCkn+/eutqCoRAmseAJ9lRoao9ydbUIiziQPteawLsOaRGQCg3ImZ MnizYN/dPz9XM/48zT/EliQ= =30Hj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk--
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