On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Eric Murray wrote:
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:12:38PM -0800, georgemw@speakeasy.net wrote:
I gave a little bit of thought about what an encrypted email client should look like for joe sixpack to use. Here's how the DEFAULT behavior would work:
When you install the software, it generates a public-private key pair. It saves your private key right there on your hard disk unencrypted, no tricky passphrase to remember. It then uploads your private key to some central server.
you meant uploads your public key to some central server.
Actually, this being Joe Sixpack, I believe "private key" was correct - gotta make sure he can "recover" it after he loses it ;-) -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------