-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: cypherpunks@toad.com Date: Tue Jul 02 23:47:42 1996 <snip>
This is one reason. I think that there are several other reasons:
-- Someone may be using a machine at work or on a multiuser UNIX system which is untrusted and insecure. In the case of a UNIX account, one could compose a message off-line and rz it using a term program, but that is a major hassle.
From the responses I received, this one may be a biggie. And it's one that we can't do much about remedying. <snip>
Is it because most mail programs are not PGP aware?
I don't know of any mail programs that can use PGP (I know there are various interfaces, sendmail wrappers, and other hacks, but I have yet to see a mailer with an "Encrypt" or "Sign" option.
I'm beta testing a PGP aware mailer right now called Pronto Secure. It will be a great program when its release. Requires almost no PGP knowledge. Everything is almost perfectly transparent to the user. There is also Private Idado, of course, but that's a little harder to use, and doesn't have the features of a full-fledged mailer. I figure that if strong encryption becomes legal to export from the US (making international standards easier to implement), we may see more programs like these. David F. Ogren | ogren@concentric.net | "A man without religion is like a fish PGP Key ID: 0x6458EB29 | without a bicycle" - ------------------------------|---------------------------------------- Don't know what PGP is? | Need my public key? It's available Send a message to me with the | by server or by sending me a message subject GETPGPINFO | with the subject GETPGPKEY -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMdntX+SLhCBkWOspAQGNgAf/VD/h7sVi/lhIJHSZMtJ262TIE7l++nRh igjbX3PQeIIWrkWuilqarpuYMPwmOXB1OTn38MGkiwGENpAjsX7dS7+kyv/uh5IH OY250DUMdiVW8YqYRknXo2lnOQDxtBWxO/aoDdJoFMRYHYaIBQGtAeg4WpbTjK19 OwdhtDSoXtY8EqdJJHctJcN1Ds7crJWI1v6vmR/I3AhvHMZZrmMuv1Dczsyn3aTj P+wqspkp1oXztRQwP4VCEDpd7X2RGI74fICuJcf0+lRFoIH1o/gI50zLca+b/nq4 I3gn8Vo+LdUzmVpWNkrbW3YhMPyaIIYxFQ36BBT1A/KqliUvZooUgA== =l17m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----