Firewalls: Re: Using PGP with anonymous FTP

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Subject:	Re: Using PGP with anonymous FTP
From:	Rens Troost <rens @ imsi . com>
Date:	Thu, 09 Feb 1995 15:07:12 -0500
To:	rgm3 @ is . chrysler . com (Robert Moskowitz)
Cc:	firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to:	Your message of "Thu, 09 Feb 1995 06:34:01 CST." <9502091148 . AB06576 @ clncrdv1 . is . chrysler . com>
Reply-to:	rens @ imsi . com

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Moskowitz <rgm3 @
 is .
 chrysler .
 com> writes:

  Robert> The basic logic is trivial.  The pass phrase storage is not.

  Robert> Comments?  Ideas?

One drawback is that you need to poll to find out if you have new
information waiting, and said polling over ftp is a bit more expensive
than stat(2)ing your mailbox. The key (passphrase) management issue is
the other problem.

-Rens

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Using PGP with anonymous FTP
From: rgm3 @ is . chrysler . com (Robert Moskowitz)

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