From: Karl L. Barrus <barrus@tree.egr.uh.edu>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 06:15:39 PST
To: david.brooks@cutting.hou.tx.us
Subject: PGP on BBS
In-Reply-To: <10417.143.uupcb@cutting.hou.tx.us>
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David Brooks writes:
>   I have been mulling over the idea of a BBS door which allows users to
>send PGP encrypted messages to other users using a system pubkey file. The

>I don't see a way to do it without the sender having to transfer (at least
>temporarily) his secret key to the host system. Obviously no one in his

Well, you could always allow the users to download the public key file
and do the encryption on their home machine, and then upload the mail file.

That way their secret key stays off the BBS...

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