PGP on Novell Network -- Any Ideas?

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2 total messages Started by Kerry D. Thomas Wed, 26 Feb 1997 00:00

#144

Author: Kerry D. Thomas
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 00:00

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Hello,

Thanks in advance for any light you folks can shed. Please copy me by
email, as I do not get to check newsgroups much any more.

*** MY PROBLEM ***
I want my users to use PGP. We have a Novell network, and I *don't* want
to distribute 40 copies of PGP. I want to have it in ONE place on the
fileserver, and (I suppose) put the SECRING & PUBRING in each user's
SYS:MAIL directory.

Is this a bad idea? Are there ever created any temp files containing
secret data?

Thanx,
--
Kerry D. Thomas
kdthomas@cyberramp.net
http://www.cyberramp.net/~kdthomas
* ANY UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL SENT TO MY ACCOUNT WILL MAKE *
* THE SENDER LIABLE FOR A $100 PROCESSING FEE PER MESSAGE,      *
* PAYABLE IN FULL UPON RECEIPT OF INVOICE FROM KERRY D. THOMAS  *

Re: PGP on Novell Network -- Any Ideas?

#143

Author: Wesley C. Martin
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <33144E7B.2AFA@cyberramp.net>, kdthomas@cyberramp.net says...
>
>Hello,
>
>Thanks in advance for any light you folks can shed. Please copy me by
>email, as I do not get to check newsgroups much any more.
>
>*** MY PROBLEM ***
>I want my users to use PGP. We have a Novell network, and I *don't* want
>to distribute 40 copies of PGP. I want to have it in ONE place on the
>fileserver, and (I suppose) put the SECRING & PUBRING in each user's
>SYS:MAIL directory.
>
>Is this a bad idea? Are there ever created any temp files containing
>secret data?

Bad idea. I'm the LAN Manager for my Novell LAN and I wouldn't allow my 
SECRING on any portion of that File Server!! And, yes, temp files *do* 
get created, all over the place! What's the problem with having your 
(40?) users run the program from floppy? The program is free, so there're 
no royalties or licensing agreements to worry about. You could even set 
up an option on the LAN to run a shell or menu of options for them all 
from the LAN, checking first to make sure they've got the floppy in the 
drive before trying to run anything. And, if you get a shell that can tie 
in to your existing e-mail program, all the better! This way your users 
keep their SECRINGs "secret" but can also run the program without having 
to be logged in to do it, as long as they know what they're doing.

>Thanx,
>--
>Kerry D. Thomas
>kdthomas@cyberramp.net
>http://www.cyberramp.net/~kdthomas
>* ANY UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL SENT TO MY ACCOUNT WILL MAKE *
>* THE SENDER LIABLE FOR A $100 PROCESSING FEE PER MESSAGE,      *
>* PAYABLE IN FULL UPON RECEIPT OF INVOICE FROM KERRY D. THOMAS  *

-- 
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