For a while I had a free encryption key from thawte I don't know if this is pgp though. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 11:28 AM Subject: Re: confirm blah, or why signing mail may be a good idea. > I've seen PGP stuff in mail for years but never really grasped how one > could really validate the key and such. Can you point one to some > intro docs to get us started? I don't want to have to read 10 volumes > on advanced data encryption schemes to get a clue but at least some > basic steps on how to configure mutt / pine and how the process works > and whether or not I should register my public key; that would be a > pay service, would it not? Any way, sorry for the dumb questions but > if it is all that valuable, I might as well get on board:). > > Thanks for any help. > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 11:48:12AM -0600, Thomas Stivers wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > The surprisingly large response to a message that had all the halmarks > > of a virus just made me want to point out that pgp signing your mail all the > > time ensures that other list participants won't mistake spam/viruses > > that use your address in the from line for messages from you. I have received a number of > > messages from polite to vitriolic accusing me of sending out viruses > > just because of a few posts I have made to forums which were mirrored to > > usenet and therefore my address got slirped into a database for spam and > > viruses. I hate to be obnoxious about it, but pgp signing your mail is > > IMHO the best way to prove that the virus that crashes your grandma's > > computer wasn't really from you. Sorry for the rant. Aaahhh for the good > > old days when a rant like this was the worst thing in my inbox. > > > > - -- > > Clarke's Corollary: > > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. > > Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFAR2vc5JK61UXLur0RAqybAJ9erKmYuGd+34dQboU60dE6RgUB3gCeIaVJ > > FeFLgjGgbdsdoIkqBBkdkiM= > > =WaMv > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
