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Re: What do I use?



In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen) writes:

>> I never recommend a solution without knowing a fair amount about the
>> specific challenge it is supposed to address.  I typically start with
>> an understanding of the general environment, the financial and/or
>> human issues, the threat profile, the protection environment, the
>> other dependencies and protection factors, and other factors related
>> to the reasons for protection.  Once I have this understanding, I make
>> value judgements about how much I trust things relative to the
>> requirement for trust and other limitations presented by the
>> situation.

Ok.  IMHO, that's a perfectly valid position.  Under what
circumstances do you consider pgp to be a suitable tool?  Do you think
there is a better tool under similar circumstances?

		Marc