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[FYI] Encryption in Company Networks Foiled
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Axel H Horns)
Wed Feb 27 13:04:09 2002
From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:24:28 +0100
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/data/anw-26.02.02-007/
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Encryption in Company Networks Foiled
The encrypting of e-mails in company networks is foiled if it is done
in a Microsoft Exchange/Outlook 9x/200x environment. In a POP3/IMAP4
environment this is not the case. In answer to a question by heise
online Microsoft confirmed that appended files encrypted with crypto
plug-ins are transmitted in an unencrypted form from client to server
even when the encryption function of the plug-in has been activated.
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