David Brooks writes: DB> > I have been mulling over the idea of a BBS door which allows users DB> to DB> >send PGP encrypted messages to other users using a system pubkey file. DB> >I don't see a way to do it without the sender having to transfer (at DB> least DB> >temporarily) his secret key to the host system. Karl L. Barrus responds: KLB> Well, you could always allow the users to download the public key file KLB> and do the encryption on their home machine, and then upload the mail KLB> file. KLB> That way their secret key stays off the BBS... Well, yeah, that's the way we do it now, use the BBS as a Public Key Certification office...) I was sort of hoping for something a bit more direct... David david.brooks@cutting.hou.tx.us * Q-Blue v0.7 [NR] * ---- +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The Cutting Edge BBS (cutting.hou.tx.us) A PCBoard 14.5a system | | Houston, Texas, USA +1 713 466 1525 running uuPCB | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+