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 <
bartgarst@cox.net>
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
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