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Could you clarify where the `clean' copy of the hash of the OS is being stored, if not on the machine in question ?
On CD-ROM, or on removeable media which *you* control access.
I must confess that I'm not personally prepared to push my machine into an early grave by rebooting before I sign or encrypt anything. Besides, I'd be pushing _myself_ into an early grave if I did that. YMMV.
I have a 386 at home, on which I suppose I could run PGP, but that doesn't help. Why ? Simply because going home to dial in is a major inconvenience. Leaving aside my unwillingness to stay home in the evening just to use my public account, it's utterly impossible for me to leave work during the day whenever I want to use PGP. The only solution I can imagine is to keep a notebook computer running Linux at work, and dial in to the DECstation five feet away from my desk at work. I've no idea how to convince the tech staff here to add a dedicated phone line to my lab for this purpose. Any better suggestions on using PGP safely during the workday ?
What's the matter with running a serial cable from your laptop to the DEC? - -- Ed Carp, N7EKG Ed.Carp@linux.org, ecarp@netcom.com Finger ecarp@netcom.com for PGP 2.5 public key an88744@anon.penet.fi ** PGP encrypted email preferred! ** "What's the use of distant travel if only to discover - you're homeless in your heart." --Basia, "Yearning" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAwUBLuM2cCS9AwzY9LDxAQHoVgP/XgRWz/wzTCfsmZ12zBedmb8ittibCFUd 2A/Gy0UlWm5eeLTK3+062pCOOYOVbjvobJmcrW2xc5432xEfBWK9XCEhdpTj1AG6 +hnsK4MYIe3OtacSJpdfQCAbFixd4Smo9PsLTcyXsfS2SHh2OutjqIpHEGJcCIHQ 6iapsOF9BQQ= =Uldx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----