From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 15 14:31:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF25116A402 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:31:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nb_root@videotron.ca) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50EE243D45 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:31:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nb_root@videotron.ca) Received: from clk01a ([66.130.198.54]) by VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0IXR00IEWPOTZO30@VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:31:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:31:35 -0400 From: Nicolas Blais In-reply-to: <200604151623.05589.benlutz@datacomm.ch> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200604151031.40338.nb_root@videotron.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary=nextPart2320535.8ID89DWi9p; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <200604151523.27398.kees@jeremino.homeunix.net> <200604151623.05589.benlutz@datacomm.ch> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Subject: Re: Why are people singing there postings on this mailling list ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:31:43 -0000 --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--