Re: sending secure docs using imap??
From: Johan Mellberg (infoball_at_yahoo.se)
Date: 07/17/03
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Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:59:53 +0200
"DukeNM" <tridentadm@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I would like to send some secure docs. over the net to users
> geographically seperated.
> how can i do so, so as to avoid evesdroping, scanning, sniffing of
> these docs ??
>
> i cant use pop mail since it has to be encrypted rite??
>
> what about imap ?? how secure is this
>
> like sending from
> hotmail to rediffmail
MAybe not the correct group for the question (?) but here's an answer
anyway.
Email is insecure, it's like sending a postcard through snailmail, meaning
that anyone handling it can read it if they bother. So you have two options,
either encrypt just the documents and send the encrypted versions, or you
can use email encryption to encrypt the whole email, including attachments.
The latter means using S/MIME or PGP. S/MIME is built into many email
clients and you can get personal certificates from for instance
www.thawte.com. PGP can be bought from www.pgp.com (windows and macos), and
there's an opensource implementation of the OpenPGP specification at
www.gnupg.org.
If you choose to encrypt just the docs in general don't use the builtin
functions, and neither should you use the encryption function provided for
zip archives. But your mileage may vary.
/Johan
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