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1994-08-25 - Re: Using PGP on Insecure Machines

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From: khijol!erc@apple.com (Ed Carp [Sysadmin])
To: perobich@ingr.com
Message Hash: 131dcf4aed3ddd5741c495c78de9f78ceeba9a8fef4ac2b9128b7001ed63ceb8
Message ID: <m0qdVGD-0004EcC@khijol.uucp>
Reply To: <199408241837.AA14936@poboy.b17c.ingr.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-25 03:38:02 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 20:38:02 PDT

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From: khijol!erc@apple.com (Ed Carp [Sysadmin])
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 20:38:02 PDT
To: perobich@ingr.com
Subject: Re: Using PGP on Insecure Machines
In-Reply-To: <199408241837.AA14936@poboy.b17c.ingr.com>
Message-ID: <m0qdVGD-0004EcC@khijol.uucp>
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> At the risk of repeating what Tim's said in the past, shellscript
> wrappers are useless to people who use Macs, Windows/WinNT, and so on.
> 
> At the risk of repeating what Tim, Perry, and several others have
> said, using PGP- with or without shell scripts- on a machine which you
> do not physically control is also risky.

I understand the first objection.  The second is moot if you're running
something other than a dumb tube at home.

I run Linux on a 486/25 at home, DOS/Windows on a 386SuX laptop on the 
road.  Works for me.
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG    			Ed.Carp@linux.org, ecarp@netcom.com
Finger ecarp@netcom.com for PGP 2.5 public key		an88744@anon.penet.fi
If you want magic, let go of your armor.  Magic is so much stronger than
steel!        -- Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"

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