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Re: Digitally Signed Email
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 19 Feb 2004 01:49:31 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.+stopspammers+org
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Neb Okla <n_okla@hotmail.com> wrote:
> This is just the kind of email spoofing that makes digital signatures a good
> idea.
Or simply SPF. <http://spf.pobox.com/>
No encryption needed, and it happens automagically behind the scenes.
> Nowadays about 95% of email clients across a variety of OS's support S/MIME
> digital signatures. Verisign sells them for a yearly fee - but there are at
> least two providers that give them away for personal use.
Or, GPG signatures are *entirely* free. Any decent mail client should
support that.
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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| FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrnc385ha.8ka.....bu.edu... (...) good (...) It's a little silly to say "Simply have all users convince their ISP to change their email infrastructure". I'll (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| This is just the kind of email spoofing that makes digital signatures a good idea. Nowadays about 95% of email clients across a variety of OS's support S/MIME digital signatures. Verisign sells them for a yearly fee - but there are at least two (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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