Would this be a good presentation at the InstallFest??? The reason I ask, is that I played with this many years ago but I never really understood the steps. Still don't. -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: PGP keys From: Bart Garst Date: 09 Sep 2003 14:07:32 -0700 On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 13:41, KevinO wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bart Garst wrote: > > I'm assuming it's a security thing but I don't have any keys imported (?) > > and I can read messages that have PGP signatures. Why? > > > You can read them because the messages are signed, not encrypted. The keys can > be used for either or both purposes. > So what's the point of signing it if anyone can read it? I get the encryption idea, but your message was signed. I have no way of knowing if your message was signed with your key or someone else's. What's the advantage to that? Thx, Bart