From: harka@nycmetro.com
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 04:43:06 +0800
To: CYPHERPUNKS@ssz.com
Subject: Re: SMTP Encryption Exten
Message-ID: <199710212104.QAA11860@einstein.ssz.com>
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 -=> Quoting In:ericm@lne.com to Harka <=-

 In> If your mail goes to an intermediate MX site, it'll sit in the
 In> clear on the disk there until its sent to its final
 In> destination.  Even if all mailers supported ssmtp, the mail
 In> would not be secure.

True, but an encrypted tunnel to fetch your e-mail will at least
render wiretaps on your phone-line useless. While that doesn't
really matter if all your e-mail is PGP-encrypted, the truth is that
a lot of e-mail is still in the clear. That at least would be
protected to a degree...

Btw., does anybody know if there's an crypto-enhanced direct-dial-up
program such as minicom out there?

Ciao

Harka

... "Use a Cipher - Be Free!"

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