Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
Hello,
John Galt:
> What's the accepted method of sending a file to a person that MUST not
> get into unfriendly hands, but needs to get between users that have no
> access to the other's machine, due to dynamic PPP and hostile ISPs, then?
> This method should be as easy and as transportable as POPmail, not
> involve other servers in any way save routing, be able to be used
> internationally, and ensure delivery to only the intended person. Give
> up? Well so do I.
E-mail certainly doesn't solve this problem, because there are far too many
easy ways to intercept it.
The correct solution is to encrypt the file appropriately, then transport
it using usual channels - whether e-mail or ftp.
What level of encryption is appropriate depends on the application.
One-time-pad is unconditionally secure, if you need that, but unwieldy.
Jiri
<jiri@baum.com.au>
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