FAQ? how to set up a cross-platform encrypted mailing list/forum
Jim Choate
ravage at einstein.ssz.com
Tue Feb 20 14:22:02 PST 2001
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Rachel Willmer wrote:
> The problem I see with doing this, is that it doesn't stop someone
> absent-mindedly sending out an unencrypted mail to the list server. Which
> then will travel happily in the clear over the Internet to the list server,
> (where it gets encrypted and sent back out again but its too late by then).
Then have it do a dictionary search on a text, have it randomly pick 10
'words' as delimited by spaces. Do a dictionary search, if they're there
it PROBABLY isn't encrypted.
> so I'm coming round to the idea that the only way to do this is via a
> web-driven interface on a secure server.
So, how does swapping a http for a smtpd effect clear text submissions and
re-transmission (helping known text attacks)?
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