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Message no. 1
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: ADMIN: PGP Signing
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 19:43:52 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

- From now on, any posting of an administrative type that I make will be
signed by PGP, in an effort to halt spoofing.


____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu
\ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=-
\/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> Political Correctness is
\/ Finger for PGP 2.3a Public Key <=> P.C. for "Thought Police"
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
(GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++
n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*)


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.3a

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03RdphKktxo=
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-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Message no. 2
From: "Joe Carl Jr." <jcarl@*****.ESS.HARRIS.COM>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: PGP Signing
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 23:37:57 -0400
> - From now on, any posting of an administrative type that I make will be
> signed by PGP, in an effort to halt spoofing.

So the last stuff was someones idea of a joke?

Poor taste!

What does PGP stand for?
And why would that stop spoofing?
Message no. 3
From: Mark Imbriaco <mark@**.ODU.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: PGP Signing
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 01:48:57 -0400
On Mon, 4 Apr 1994, Joe Carl Jr. wrote:

> > - From now on, any posting of an administrative type that I make will be
> > signed by PGP, in an effort to halt spoofing.
>
> So the last stuff was someones idea of a joke?
>
> Poor taste!

I agree. Also kind of wimpy to hide behind fake email too. If I had a
gripe, I wouldn't be a little kid about it like the other person
obviously did.

> What does PGP stand for?

Pretty Good Privacy. A killer freeware encryption utility that also has
the dual purpose of really pissing off the authorities that would like to
be able to read your mail. :-)

> And why would that stop spoofing?

Becuase you can check the message with PGP to be sure that the message
was definitely sent by the person whos signature is at the bottom,
because PGP generates a unique signature for any message that is signed,
so somone couldn't just paste an old signature from another message in.

Mark

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