Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:31:35 -0400 From: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are people singing there postings on this mailling list ? Message-ID: <200604151031.40338.nb_root@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <200604151623.05589.benlutz@datacomm.ch> References: <200604151523.27398.kees@jeremino.homeunix.net> <200604151623.05589.benlutz@datacomm.ch>
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--nextPart2320535.8ID89DWi9p Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 15 April 2006 10:23, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > On Saturday 15 April 2006 15:23, Kees Plonsz wrote: > > Is is so important to know that the question or answer came from > > that person ? I don't think so. > > Even if it were so, for me it is too much trouble to import every key > > into my key-database from a key-server. > > I sign emails for the same reason I sign my snail-mail letters with a pen. > I like providing authenticity. Whether the recipient actually checks the > signatures is not that important, important is that if the need or desire > arises, he can. > > I don't import every key I come across either, usually only those keys for > which I get signatures on a regular basis. > > > On the other hand, those who aren't able to read singed messages > > are confronted with a lot of carbage tekst wich makes the posting > > harder to read. > > Most people use PGP/Mime these days. If your mail client does not support > PGP, the signature will be surpressed or maybe shown as attachment. Either > way, that doesn't make the mail content harder to read. And if your Mail > client doesn't support Mime yet, well, that's your choice, and seeing the > signature plaintext is far from the worst inconvience you'll have to put = up > with in that case. > > > We don't send postings in .html for that same reason. > > That's different. Html text means there's no readable content at all for > non-HTML mail readers. And these are quite common. > > I sign my emails for two other reasons. First, I'm advocating adoption of > PGP by everyone. I wish to sensitize people for the facts that standard > emails are neither private nor authenticated, and that you can achieve > these very important things with PGP. Frankly, I find it staggering how > many people send around confidential information in emails over the public > internet, without thinking of the consequences. > > The second reason is very personal. It takes some effort on my part to si= gn > email. I am not using any key agent, which means I enter my keyphrase eve= ry > time I send an email. This makes the process of sending an email more > conscious for me: I think twice whether I really want to send it. Sometim= es > times I've stopped myself from sending an email I would later regret (a > flame, or an angry answer, something like that) at the signing stage. It > means that sending an email is not as much of a fire-and-forget thing for > me. I like that. > > Cheers > Benjamin +1, well said. Nicolas. =2D-=20 =46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Apr 8 21:33:25 EDT 2006 =20 root@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20 PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc --nextPart2320535.8ID89DWi9p Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEQQPM4wTBlvcsbJURApw1AJ9YFe5Ef3EF9YG7DGbRgo9rSJxPAACdE/tw cwJTkCsIdWkdXpdtnI36Vjg= =w0Lw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2320535.8ID89DWi9p--
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