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echo: scanners
to: DICK DEYOUNG
from: TROY H. CHEEK
date: 1996-08-15 21:12:00
subject: Re: Rulemaking: Pgp Sigs

Concerning _Rulemaking: Pgp Sigs_, Dick Deyoung said to Bill Cheek in 
SCANRADIO:
 DD> Just tossing in my two cents worth.
And please don't be upset that I drop a nickel on you.  :-)
 DD> If anyone feels they must encrypt any part of or all of a post with
 DD> PGP, they should send the message via Email and not post it.
But the PGP signature, which is what I think we're discussing here, is not an 
encrypted message.  It's a checksumming method by which the validity of the 
rest of the post (which *is* readable text) can be determined.
... ... URA Redneck if: You view Duct-Tape as a long term investment.
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