Firewalls: Re: Stopping Fakemail

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Subject:	Re: Stopping Fakemail
From:	peter @ baileynm . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:45:41 -0500 (CDT)
To:	mulligaj @ lafvax . lafayette . edu (mulligaj)
Cc:	richard . warwick @ aexp . com, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	<2 . 2 . 32 . 19960421162747 . 86974ba0 @ lafvax . lafayette . edu> from "mulligaj" at Apr 21, 96 12:27:47 pm

> No need to try to convice me that we should use encryption/authentification. 
>  I stongly support the use of PGP, but unfortunatly the upper management 
> does not agree.  They see it as "Fakemail can still be sent."

People can also drop an official-looking letter into the postbox. They can
even wander into the admin building and drop it into an outbox there and get
an official-looking postmark. Email isn't any more fakeable than physical
mail. Tell them that.

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