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Basic mail setup
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2006-02-24 13:18:24
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In reply to bcalder01's message sent 2006-02-23 23:27:

> I am setting up an encrypted email solution to enable
two clients to
> send each other sensitive attachments. The solution I
tested & liked
> is a Thawte free certificate for signing, and
> GPG/Thunderbird/Enigmail for the emailing part, each
with a new email
> account that will automatically sign & encrypt
messages.
>
> I thought that I would just import the certificate
& keys that I
> generated for testing to their two machines. But now
I'm wondering
> ... should I instead generate keys for each client so
they can access
> each other's public key? Ditto for certificates?
>
> Am I overbuilding this solution?

Perhaps. You should choose either S/MIME or PGP/MIME, not
both. It
sounds like you prefer S/MIME for your purpose (ie, using
Thawte
certificates). If so, then each client should have it's own
certificate
and private key (the same as it should be for PGP usage).


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