On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 15:45 -0700, David Boles wrote: > It works the same way as the gpg-key that checks your downloads to make sure > that they are 'real', and who signed the RPMs, and not spoofs. > > If you had a key and I had your public key, if we, for example, chose to we > could send emails to each other that are encrypted and could only be read by > you and me. Not to the list(s), of course. Private emails. You could do that > with others, if they had keys and you chose to do so. > > You are aware that all of the servers that forward your email, listed in the > headers, keep copies that can be read by anyone? At least they used to do that. Ha! Google for wayward4now They sure keep track of alot of my crap! Try googling on you for grins at Cocktail parties. Hey "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is coming on AMC now. I need a life. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
