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   August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen   
   enc + netmail   
   05 Jan 20 17:46:25   
   
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   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   On 1/5/2020 7:03 AM, between "Wilfred van Velzen : August Abolins":   
      
    AA>> Next to being able to sign messages in echomail/newsgroups,   
    AA>> fully encrypted messages only make sense in email - direct   
    AA>> to a specific individual.   
      
    WvV> Or routed netmail!   
      
   But we really don't know the exact route a netmail will take.   
      
   For a user, unless they analyze the nodelist or confirm things with   
   their sysop, netmail is unreliable.   
      
   I also use point-software (OpenXP) which allows sending crash mail. With   
   that, I could crash my encrypted netmail to its final destination with   
   confidence to any system that flies the U,ENC flags.   
      
      
    AA>> That's the beauty of pulling down the keys and checking   
    AA>> their properties. The properties will reveal creation   
    AA>> dates, expiry dates, revocations, etc. It would be   
    AA>> relatively easy to just pick the most recent date, and send   
    AA>> a brief hello message with a CC: and see which ones reach   
    AA>> their target.   
      
    WvV> If there are multiple keys to choose from...   
      
   Yeah, tracking people down from the past that have only one email addy   
   listed on the servers with an expired key could be a challenge.   
      
    ../|ug   
      
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