Using PGP on Insecure Machines

[Ed Carp [Sysadmin]]

> At the risk of repeating what Tim's said in the past, shellscript
> wrappers are useless to people who use Macs, Windows/WinNT, and so on.
> 
> At the risk of repeating what Tim, Perry, and several others have
> said, using PGP- with or without shell scripts- on a machine which you
> do not physically control is also risky.

I understand the first objection.  The second is moot if you're running
something other than a dumb tube at home.

I run Linux on a 486/25 at home, DOS/Windows on a 386SuX laptop on the 
road.  Works for me.
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Ed Carp, N7EKG    			Ed.Carp at linux.org, ecarp at netcom.com
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If you want magic, let go of your armor.  Magic is so much stronger than
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