Subject: Re: PGP filter for pine 3.92

From: [email-masked] (zinc)
Date: 31 Mar 1996 23:14:02 -0700

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In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Mark M.) writes:

   : It is probably better to just set 
   :   EncryptToSelf = on
   : in your pgp configuration file.

> Using EncryptToSelf is a potential problem.  If your secret key is
> discovered, someone will be able to read every encrypted e-mail you
> have ever received as well as sent.  I think that it is a better idea
> to save the e-mail to the "sent-mail" folder before encrypting.

this just doesn't make any sense.  you say that everyone will be able
to read your mail if you set EncrytToSelf=on and that this is a bad
thing but in the next breath you suggest just storing the plain text?

at least if it's encrypted you've presented some challenge to the
attacker.  

- -pjf

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From: [email-masked] (Mark M.)
Date: 31 Mar 1996 23:22:52 GMT

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Jeffrey Goldberg ([email-masked]) wrote:
: 
: On 24 Mar 1996, Mats Arvendal wrote:
: 
: > You could add your own emailaddress to sending-filters, this way you can
: > read the copy in the sent-mail folder.
: > 
: >  sending-filters=/home/roland/bin/pgpsign,
: >        /home/roland/bin/pgpencrypt [email-masked] _RECIPIENTS_
: 
: 
: It is probably better to just set 
:   EncryptToSelf = on
: in your pgp configuration file.

Using EncryptToSelf is a potential problem.  If your secret key is discovered,
someone will be able to read every encrypted e-mail you have ever received as
well as sent.  I think that it is a better idea to save the e-mail to the
"sent-mail" folder before encrypting.

- -- Mark

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