In linux.debian.user, Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org> wrote: > > --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Indulekha wrote: >> So, since I sometimes need big, thigh high rubber boots to keep my feet a= > nd=20 >> legs dry and clean, I should just wear my big rubber boots everywhere all= >=20 >> time then, right? That way whether I'm at the grocery store, the office, = > or=20 >> the barn there'll be no worries. :D > > A better analogy is that I put on my seat belt before starting a car, > rather than engaging in a complex calculation of the likelyhood of > needing that seatbelt.=20 > >> Besides, if everyone signed all mail it'd be a very short matter of time= >=20 >> til the means to spoof any gpg/pgp key would appear.=20 > > I'd recommend learning more about cryprography if you think that. > I'll also observe that high-value things are already cryptographically > authenticated, so also using crypto for lower-value things does not > appreciably increase the motivation to break it. > > --=20 > see shy jo > > --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" > Content-Description: Digital signature > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIVAwUBT4C++ckQ2SIlEuPHAQiuPg//SxvbqEmK/TI8AwIm28MCBIrqeD5634rF > bKK8USGS8BAK5Hb8hY8DBmKN2VnVJm/9UN5zs2uWmw3+hy/msihRxFup/sESNRJJ > GfYimgsuMunao7XrdbCRZGEz6ghQ1kd2ez6TaAiMlJyvMGU1MMI3iE7IxtfaDg42 > k8T8GebkBG4/a0zchtIwnvDGH6AbmWJGaWbaYRugqvcue4sboR6/d6+hbzkUZFvU > UYL3v5LWfgiQUGvQwY8C10x5wzCD7CUH0G8DsuEV+akjn8aHThn2HbuGsQNr16j+ > TXFHR2xxc/rApfL9vsEjzNJjtNl2QcIR4eFBYQ+qtxMGM0/zMElj36vv1awpSHXc > 6FwMAB1DBVfZhTVqRc4qHRTrpJHMisospejiNno97XuFb5VPryKMhME5SqTQXR4v > cWMqRaDghZfR1IxRXjKMI3uFaG/+6om/IVkeDiIvTl+lt1LPcgJGu8tWBWarcw6/ > MHDs4ztg91nw2CN3qPckJ1J/RmqJ9kxuGo7p8p97MUgMjTZqFBjLCiQ/YPWJ93Fd > j3QiW2rhan0w/0hqpg1svIwM7S5zwMbYOCl0/ptLiWoRptK9aPNXym8UEjX7zQyb > c25aGKHeyyWvgOeyB0YD1Zdwm70NnHNPk64FNMKW1+3JHEU4xFB6dC7CCmvvh2O0 > E3C0lIX0JFU= > =W+LQ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv-- >
No downside at all then, eh? (apologies to the list, I will now resume resisting the urge to do that.) :) -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120407235208.GA7862@radhesyama
