Re: Lack of PGP signatures

["David F. Ogren" <ogren@cris.com>]

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To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Tue Jul 02 23:47:42 1996
<snip>

> This is one reason.  I think that there are several other reasons:
> 
>  -- Someone may be using a machine at work or on a multiuser UNIX system
>  which
>     is untrusted and insecure.  In the case of a UNIX account, one
>  could
>     compose a message off-line and rz it using a term program, but that
>  is a
>     major hassle.
> 

 From the responses I received, this one may be a biggie.  And it's one that 
we can't do much about remedying.

<snip>

> > Is it because most mail programs are not PGP aware?
> 
> I don't know of any mail programs that can use PGP (I know there are
>  various
> interfaces, sendmail wrappers, and other hacks, but I have yet to see a
>  mailer
> with an "Encrypt" or "Sign" option.
> 

I'm beta testing a PGP aware mailer right now called Pronto Secure.  It 
will be a great program when its release.  Requires almost no PGP 
knowledge.  Everything is almost perfectly transparent to the user.

There is also Private Idado, of course, but that's a little harder to use, 
and doesn't have the features of a full-fledged mailer.

I figure that if strong encryption becomes legal to export from the US 
(making international standards easier to implement), we may see more 
programs like these.


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