EXMH GPG question
Jerry Feldman
gaf at blu.org
Thu Dec 5 13:28:39 EST 2002
Thanks for the explanation Derek.
Derek Atkins wrote:
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> writes:
>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> > When I digitally sign a message, my choices are:
> > none, clearsign, standard, and plus encrypt.
> > When I use standard setting, then entire message is encrypted (essentially
> > the same as plus encrypt.
> > I'm using exmh 2.5.
> > I was wondering if anyone else using exmh has the same properties.
>
> It's not encrypted, it is just signed.. Anyone with PGP can read
> the message. "Standard Signature" just means "sign the message
> and then use Ascii-Armor to protect the whole thing".
>
> It's just a base-64 encoded copy of your plaintext message.
>
> -derek, co-author of PGP.
>
> --
> Derek Atkins
> Computer and Internet Security Consultant
> derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
>
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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