Re: GNU 2.0 and Windows

--- In PGP-Basics@yahoogroups.com, "Robert J.
Hansen" <rjh...> wrote:
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> > Am I as secure as I think I am? Is this good
enough for my 
purposes?
> 
> Probably not, and probably not.  I've been bouncing
around the 
crypto  
> world for over a decade and I've never even heard of
"OLE 
Security"  
> except in the context of security holes in Microsoft
products.   
> (Microsoft uses a technology called Object Linking and
Embedding 
to  
> let you embed an Excel spreadsheet in a Word document,
and other 
such  
> things.)
> 
> Googling for "OLE Security email" doesn't
return anything 
helpful.   
> Citeseer is also turning up a blank.
> 
> I have serious doubts that you're actually using what
you think  
> you're using.
> 
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>
   Just so I'm clear on this...when using Outlook Express
(OLE) I am 
able to send and receive encrypted messages and sign them
too. I find 
radio buttons for "Sign" and "Encrypt"
on it's toolbar. As a matter 
of fact, the MS OLE  software will automatically place the
email-
received Digital ID info in my address box which,I suppoese,
is like 
a PGP keyring.
 
  So, after reading this messgae are you still of the
opinion that 
I'm not as secure as I think I am? 

  Thanks for your insight

   Tom Warren 











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>    Just so I'm clear on this...when using Outlook
Express (OLE) I am
> able to send and receive encrypted messages and sign
them too. I find
> radio buttons for "Sign" and
"Encrypt" on it's toolbar. As a matter
> of fact, the MS OLE  software will automatically place
the email-
> received Digital ID info in my address box which,I
suppoese, is like
> a PGP keyring.

This is not "OLE Security".  This is S/MIME, a
competing standard to  
OpenPGP.

>   So, after reading this messgae are you still of the
opinion that
> I'm not as secure as I think I am?

If you seriously think the U.S. government is intent on
reading your  
email, then your best option is to stop using technology.

First World governments have large budgets, lots of
experience at  
traffic interception, and smart, motivated technical
experts.  Don't  
think that you can just buy peace of mind just by waving a
little  
magic crypto fairy dust over your problem.




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