---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:11:59 -0700 From: Aaron T Porter <atporter@primate.net> To: linux-elitists@zgp.org Subject: [linux-elitists] Casual Encryption Just a quick plea for all the elitists to seriously consider enabling SMTP-TLS on any and all mail servers they control. With the US government in Ashcroft juggernaut mode for the forseable future, I fear that the use of encryption will quickly become a red flag for further observation. If we can reach a point where a sizable portion of SMTP traffic is encrypted regardless of the content we can reduce any implications of sending encrypted mail. Probably doesn't make your standard Carnivore install too happy either. On most mail systems, enabling TLS is incredibly easy (one line config change on my Debian Sendmail box). It's a one-time fix that affects even technologically challenged users. I've tacked some links below for common MTA's. Qmail http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~vermeule/qmail/tls.patch Postfix http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/pfixtls/ Exim http://www.exim.org/exim-html-3.20/doc/html/spec_38.html Sendmail http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/starttls.html _______________________________________________ linux-elitists http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-elitists