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Article #498Re: E-mail Privacy
From: Mark C. Henderson
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 21:17
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 21:17
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In article <1991Jun3.175631.1451@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:... ->> Prehaps I should keep valuables locked ->> up (a sad commentary on our society) but one can not 'lockup' messages ->> from the privelaged account holder (root). -> ->Sure you can. There's a function called "crypt" that can eliminate your ->concerns. Being root doesn't allow reading the files once encrypted.... I'd just like to point out that the security offered by Unix "crypt" can be broken rather easily. Try using software that uses a more secure algorithm. Mark -- Mark C. Henderson, Special Service Networks, MPR Teltech Ltd. 8999 Nelson Way, Burnaby, BC V5A 4B5 CANADA +1 604 293 5474 (voice), +1 604 293 6100 (fax) Email: henderso@mpr.ca, uunet!ubc-cs!mprgate!henderso
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Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,comp.unix.admin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!mprgate.mpr.ca!henderso From: henderso@mpr.ca (Mark C. Henderson) Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy Message-ID: <1991Jun3.211751.2686@mprgate.mpr.ca> X-Md4-Signature: 84ec9bb19e3bb8da9b2e3f1e7977e86a Sender: news@mprgate.mpr.ca Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby BC, CANADA References: <1991May23.133507.21460@NCoast.ORG> <51171@prls.UUCP> <1991Jun3.175631.1451@sci34hub.sci.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 91 21:17:51 GMT