Re: Packet/Email Encryption Yes or No

From: Keith W. McCammon (km_at_km.com)
Date: 04/29/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:57:25 -0400

> Someone ask the question of our department if sending
> emails through Outlook, internal and to the internet are
> safe and encrypted, safe from packet sniffing.

Without getting into a lot of "if's"--no.

> If no advanced security options in Outlook are used and no
> key is given, how are emails secure from sniffing?

They're not. If you don't want your e-mail to be read by others, you need
to encrypt it using S/MIME extensions, and/or TLS between mail exchanges.

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