Re: OT: More about GPG signing
On 10/05/12 18:25, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> And what is the benefit of this on an open mailing list?
> To ensure that somebody called or didn't call somebody else names, gave
> right or wrong information? IMO this is infantile. Don't get me wrong!
> I'm not against signing, if other people wish to do. It anyway is
> senseless.
I've learned a lot about GPG signing during the last few days. I can see
there are benefits where the recipient needs to be absolutely certain
that the sender is known to him.
That is certainly not the way mailing lists work, so causing a block of
some 400 characters to be sent to each and every subscriber is pure
self-indulgence, on the scale of insisting on sending HTML-formatted
mail. On balance, I think I prefer the latter.
I have come to the conclusion that a GPG signature in these
circumstances says more about the sender's sense of self-importance than
anything else.
Cheers, Tony
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