On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, Michael Richardson wrote:
> >>>>> "Brock" == Brock Rozen <brozen@netvoyage.net> writes:
> Brock> Ideally, it would be nice. But I'm a list-manager for a few
> Brock> lists on ANOTHER system. I don't believe I would have
> Brock> access to the global password and then I'm still in a bind.
> Brock> A compromise to this is having it unsubscribe that user to
> Brock> any list that has that password. Thus, if you have 5 lists
> Brock> that have the same password (generally, a bad idea) you
> Brock> could unsub any user with the above.
>
> We have PGPdomo now. I think majordomo can make a lot more use of
> signed administrator messages. There is no general certification
> format for PGP, so we invent just what we need and sign it! Okay, the
> interface to PGP is a pain in the butt. I wish i had time to fix that.
>
> <snip>
>
> The list administrator includes as many of these signed documents as
> needed before the "approve pgp command" which is signed by key
> 0x1E7E6B59. Since they are signed by the majordomo administrator
> majordomo is willing to modify its behaviour and allow the signed
> commands to apply to "all" lists in this key's pervue.
>
> These are horribly application specific certificates, but I think
> anything else is a more horrible kludge, and this isn't X.509 :-)
Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Let me get this straight.
With PGPdomo I wouldn't have to enter in any passwords, just add my
certificate (how is THAT done?)
Would I be able to have two people use the same certificate? (I'm not the
only one who modifies the lists)
I don't have access to ALL the lists on a particular server, most yes, not
all. Thus, I need to be able to NOT have access to the other lists with
this.
Finally, why would I want PGPdomo? I don't need the extra security that
PGP would provide (it would be nice, but if it takes ANY extra time, I
can't deal with it; the whole idea here is to save time). If I just had a
script that remove an address I feed it from 13 lists then I would be
fine...
Thanks for your help,
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