Verizon (FiOS) (Off Topic?) I have it!
Christopher Schmidt
crschmidt at crschmidt.net
Tue Jan 24 11:00:01 EST 2006
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 10:51:54AM -0500, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> On Jan 24, 2006, at 09:23, Ben Scott wrote:
>
> > Ummm.... yah. Email.
> >
> >"Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an
> >armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in
> >a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench." -- Gene "spaf"
> >Spafford
>
> So, I routinely exchange mail with folks whose MTA's do opportunistic
> encryption (especially those who work for military contractors).
> Postfix makes this easy. So, if we both do IMAPS, and SMTPS, where's
> the cardboard box?
Do they use Windows?
Do they keep their systems up to date with the latest patches (Windows,
Linux, or Mac?)
There's a number of other points of entry once the data is on their hard
drives. SMTPS and IMAPS are both still the armored car: the end
destination is the cardboard box.
--
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer
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