Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-10-04 Thread No such Client
On 10/05/2012 01:22 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Who says we should promote anything? Nobody ever elected me Grand > Poobah of the Internet. I don't think anyone ever elected you, either. > Instead of telling people what they should do, what's wrong with giving > people options and telling them

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-10-04 Thread No such Client
On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 23:45, expires2...@rocketmail.com said: > >> > Routinely encrypting *all* communications would transform the "chore" >> > into an habitual routine that requires little-to-no intellectual >> > effort in respect of each individual message sent or file stored. The >> > value of t

Re: A safe text editor

2012-09-09 Thread No such Client
On 09/09/2012 10:04 PM, antispa...@sent.at wrote: > > It's sad to see that Pretty Good Privacy is just about pretty good and > nothing more. People don't seem to care beyond playing 007. Finally, *someone* gets it. You always have to push the bar of sec and crypto. Not wallow in routines and compl

Re: Pseudonym (was Re: what is killing PKI?)

2012-08-30 Thread No such Client
evidence of your "Anonymous Coward" theory? You see without the "data to support" , your "pet theory" Unsupported assertions regarding your opinions about the likeness of my name to slashdot "Anonymous Cowards" simply cannot be "taken very seriously". F

Re: what is killing PKI? (I forgot to mention)

2012-08-29 Thread No such Client
Well, PKI is used by at least one country on a national level , it works pretty well, http://bankid.com , it is issued for free by all major banks, and there are other PKI solutions issued by a few other companies which have national adoption. You pay a bit extra with your mobile carrier if you w

On PKI

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
On PKI, I fear that the property of it being so decentralized, and relatively free, is the same reason why it does not have wider adoption. It is not a centralized product, nor is trust maintained by any government / private institutions (banks, clerks, notaries, etc ) to prove identity. So, thus..

Re: On PKI

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
An addendum, is the component that is neccesary for 4gw. Netwar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netwar signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 04:56 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 28.08.2012, No such Client wrote: > > >> I simply chose to keep my name private. Surely, on a public, crypto >> mailing-list, with all sorts of interesting people, the idea of >> privacy >> would be understood no

Re: Pseudonym (was Re: what is killing PKI?)

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 03:55 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 28/08/12 15:44, No such Client wrote: > >> Surely, on a public, crypto mailing-list, with all sorts of interesting >> people, the idea of privacy would be understood no? real names or pseudonyms >> should be quite ir

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 04:01 PM, Hubert Kario wrote: > On Tuesday 28 of August 2012 15:44:53 No such Client wrote: > >> Is it not the content that counts? >> > Yes, but if the content is controversive and with debatable argumentation > then > only your credentials r

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 03:48 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 28/08/12 15:37, No such Client wrote: > >> smut? You imply that I speak in a perverse or sexual manner? Hardly. >> > I didn't want to actually quote the insulting stuff, but let me quote > nonetheless: &g

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 02:31 PM, Hubert Kario wrote: > > The fact that you've just showed up on The list makes this e-mail and > pseudonym disposable, not the fact you're using a pseudonym or gmail. > > Besides, gmail is very much disposable. It's not like you have to provide > your > name, surname and I

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-28 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 10:28 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 28/08/12 08:57, No such Client wrote: > >> # A good Daddy is discreet. :-) >> > (Etcetera...) > > Please take your smut elsewhere. I'm sure you know people who will laugh; tell > it to them. Not here. >

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-27 Thread No such Client
Juicy one faramir.. > What would happen if you start reading your daughter's diary > everyday, but never let anybody catch you reading it? #Daddy may say that he is being a good father by keeping an eye on his kids, for her... happiness and safety of course. He knows best. (replace the father wit

Re: Why ¨trouble¨ ?

2012-08-27 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 04:20 AM, pants wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 03:54:19AM +0200, No such Client wrote: > >> Why put your pubkey up forever, to make it easier to socially or >> technically attack your comms? >> > I mean, by having access to a public key turns th

Re: Why ¨trouble¨ ?

2012-08-27 Thread No such Client
On 08/28/2012 03:52 AM, No such Client wrote: > and putting your key on a keyserver.. No thanks.. > > If you're against publishing your public key on a key server, why are > you signing messages with your private key and sending them to a public > mailing list? No one receivi

Re: Why ¨trouble¨ ?

2012-08-27 Thread No such Client
On 08/27/2012 11:00 PM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > Why is it a problem that most people don't see value in signing and > encryption? > > -> People are generally complacent, narrow-minded, emotional beings who for the most part, see little value in long-term thinking? The question posed here is the sa

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-27 Thread No such Client
Sir Hansen: Well, pseudonyms do not make my words less valid. I am not one of the gpg-using advocates, who has to be open, and forthcoming with all to make a point. A pseudonym is well within my rights. You simply don´t need to know. That assymetric advantage is your own fault. It was yor choice t

Re: what is killing PKI?

2012-08-26 Thread No such Client
Nice angle Stan. Peter M , you sir are on point. Faramir, my personal perspective is that good software should be like.. gnu/linux. Simply enough for simpletons/ average joes/janes to use,but adaptable enough to grow and adapt to meet the needs and skill of the user. Robert Hansen - (You sha