[TriLUG] OT: winmail.dat

[STaylor at srspos.com]

My point wasn't that encryption was bad.

However I think that turning it on and leaving it on is just as 
inconvenient to me, a member of a mailing list, than manually 
encrypting/securing the mail you wish to send to colleagues/Business 
Partners you want to insure the mail for.

This is a user community list. I am interested in the content. I delete 
after reading. If it's pertinent or not is what's important to me. Not the 
security level or encryption.

I just feel that sometimes people take any chance they get to give 
somebody heck here because they use M$ product.

I use them every day. I use them at home too.

Am I a bad person? Do I deserve to be chastised because of this?

I have a Redhat machine at home and at work. I use it for testing all the 
time. I do over half of my work on it. It's not the machine that has my 
mail on it.

It's just a matter of fact that M$ is part of the game. If you don't want 
to use it fine, don't use it. But don't give me Cr at p because I do.
Shawn
 




Chris Knowles <chrisk at trilug.org>
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06/26/2003 09:46 AM
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On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 09:28, STaylor at srspos.com wrote:
> What about all the PGP keys I see at the bottom of emails coming into
> my client from the list.
> 
> Which is neither linux or Microsoft based.
> 
> No one ever seems to mention those!!
> 
> Are they more acceptable than winmail.dat??
> 
> Shawn
> 
> 
> 
<SNIP>

While I desperately believe that I shouldn't get involved here, I feel
that I need to answer this, because I'm a believer in omnipresent
cryptography.

(Although you'll not that due to a rash of forgetfulness, I don't have
my keyring on me today.  Note the irony)

PGP (or GPG as used by most Linux users) is a "Tool for secure
communication and data storage" 

The PGP keys and signatures you see are ways to verify that an e-mail
came from the person that it came from, and that it hasn't been modified
in transit.

If you have questions about using it, I suggest the FAQ, 
http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/faqs.html

Or for more in depth info, check out the rest of hte documentation,
including some really good guides and howtos.
http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/index.html

CJK

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