[6953] in Kerberos
Re: done any survey on who uses pub key cryptography?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Operator)
Tue Mar 26 17:06:40 1996
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:26:35 GMT
From: Operator <bc17684@90.deere.com>
John H West wrote:
>
> On Sat, 23 Mar 1996 14:50:51 GMT Mattg@world.std.com (Matt
> Galster) wrote:
>
> >tjsatter@prairienet.org (Thomas J. Satterfield) wrote:
> >>sophisticated cryptography. Crypto, PGP, etc is so far
> >>beyond the comprehension of the "average" real-life
> >>computer user that until it is built into software as
> >>seamlessly as the Netscape secure-site protocols, I do
> >>not think it will ever be used as extensively as we
> >>would like to see. That's just the way it is. People
> >>who can read and comprehend this message are for the
> >>most part a very tiny minority of computer users (IMHO)
> >>Tom Satterfield
> >>tjsatter@prairienet.org
>
> >Netscape's mail window in 2.0 has a PGP encrypt button,
> >as well as send via anon-remailer button. Have yet to
> >try the PGP button but the anon-remail part works pretty
> >well.
> >MEG
>
> I haven't closely followed the crypto-groups lately, but I
> have wondered quite a lot if there has been much speculation
> as to whether Netscape might be a trojan horse. Not only
> could it send a copy of a user's secret key, but if used as
> above, his passphrase as well. I have placed my secret key
> onto a floppy, but even still I have doubts that it hasn't
> been compromised.
>
> john
>
> *** DARE -- to keep the CIA off drugs ***
OK I've lost track of this thread. Where is the PGP button in Netscape
2.01 mail?
