Lack of PGP signatures

Deranged Mutant WlkngOwl at unix.asb.com
Wed Jul 3 17:57:48 PDT 1996


On  3 Jul 96 at 9:31, nowhere at alpha.c2.org wrote:

> At 09:42 PM 7/2/96 EDT, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> :Basically, I refuse to type my passphrase over the net, which signing
> :all my messages (this one included) would require.

> Why, in heaven's name, would you have to "type your passphrase over
> the net" to encypher a message?

You need to type it in to SIGN a message.

(BTW, there's been an awful lot of messages posted with one line huge
paragraphs.  It's moderately inconvenient using Windows, but it's 
still a pain. Can you hit the Enter key or set word wrap on next 
time?)


Rob.
 
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