Charles Curley wrote: > > > The big block of alphanumeric characters you see is a public key to > > share with others with their private key. I am a physicist and do alot > > of international correspondance with scientists and others where secure > > communications is the only viable method of honest un-corrupted > > communications. I have changed my .signature file save the key as an > > attachment. > > Two more secure and more courteous ways to make your public key available > are 1) to post it to a key server, and 2) to post it on your web page. > > #1 has the advantage that many people who use GPG or PGP have their mail > readers set up to check a key server for new keys. So once your public key > has hit multiple key servers (they trade keys from time to time), reading > your mail becomes much easier. You can and should make the fingerprint and > size available on your web page or .plan so that a correspondent can > verify what he gets from the key server. (Something I have not done.) > > #2 is easy if you already have a web page, but does require manual > intervention by your correspondents. > > As for the courtesy aspect, this lets you have a signature closer to the > customary three to five lines commonly accepted as a reasonable signature > size. Anything larger than that is considered rude because it is a waste > of bandwith and disk space. > > We in the West are accustomed to inexpensive hard drives and fast modems > or T1 lines. However, having worked with correspondents in Mumbai, I am > very much aware that they have 9600 baud modems, terrible phone lines, and > minimal storage by western standards, when they have electricity at > all. We would all do well to bear that in mind. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > Also, BTW, thanks for your recent useful and courteous posts to the > list. I'm glad you didn't leave after the verbal thrashings I and several > others gave you. > > -- > > -- C^2 > > No windows were crashed in the making of this email. > > Looking for fine software and/or web pages? > http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- Dear Mr. Curley, As per recent requests, I have removed the key signature and just added it differently just for this poor 3rd world country. Relax, Chill, and enjoy! Thank you for your valueable comments. mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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