Re: Confidentiality of email

From: Imhotep (NoSpam_at_NoThanks.com)
Date: 06/27/05 

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:48:24 -0700

Roger Abell wrote:

> "To the OP I would suggest looking at PGP or SMIME if you
> need to send sensitive information through email."
>
> Correct me if I am mistaken, but PGP can be used to guarantee
> origin of an email, but as it uses signing with the private key an
> decrypting with the public, it certainly could not be used in this
> case to guarantee information privacy !!
>

...And why do you make this assumption? Let us review the facts.

The OP was asked to exchange information (HIPAA data) with a know recipient
(probably a person at a partner corportion). There are many public key
servers (I have been using MIT's public key server since my college days).
So please describe where you think the problem is with using PGP.

-Im

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