Digital Signing (Beat The Dead Horse) was Re: Free Software for m$

Matt Alexander plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 06:33:17 -0700 (PDT)


On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Tom Achtenberg wrote:

> I just do not see any value in the signing.

It is extremely easy to forge email.  I doubt that there are many people
who would be interested in impersonating Derek, but signing gives
reasonable assurance that the email received is really from him.
~M