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On Sunday 25 May 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: |
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> Norberto Bensa wrote: |
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> > Signed messages doesn't make any sense on a mailing list. |
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> I may ask you for a explanation, please? |
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> I think they make a lot of sense, because you or the |
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> mailing system are able to verify the message or rather |
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> the origin, if implemented. One would very easily see |
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> whether the person is the person who has subscribed to |
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> the list. |
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This is a nice list with helpful people. There are other lists however, when |
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it is not that rare for malicious (or unhinged) individuals to impersonate |
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someone else and hijack their email address to publish offensive content. |
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After a while using a digital signature (GnuPG or x509) becomes a habit. |
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It doesn't really add that much overhead anyway (197 Bytes for gpg to 3.1k |
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Bytes for s/mime). |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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