On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Matt Wallace wrote:
>
> I was replying to Rick Romkey's skepticism that virus scanning of mail is
> pointless. But the vast majority of users that I know of don't even know
> what PGP is still, let alone us it. No virus scanning will ever be able
> to deal with encryption without being able to descrypt, obviously, and
> that is unacceptable.
>
And with Notes and it's point and click encryption built in, few folks
these days need to know about the underworkings of PGP or any of it's
cousins. It's not too far off that most mail agents will have point and
click encryption buttons marring the screen...
Later,
Ron DuFresne
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"Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It
eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the
business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart
***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!***
OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
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