Re: Secure e-Mail NG?
Patrick Patterson <[email protected]>
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Hi Anders: You may be interested in PLASMA - the draft is: http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-freeman-message-access-control-req-00.txt I believe there will be a BOF at the upcoming meeting in Prague. Best Regards, Patrick. On 2011-03-11, at 2:27 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: > As an active e-mail user I have always found email indispensable. > That e-mail also is the least secure messaging system there is of course a nuisance. > > Although e-mail hast lost some of its importance to other communication systems, > I still think it is worth an upgrade. > > STARTTLS is nice but its key handling and integration in e-mail clients is not > particularly useful. Sending non-encrypted messages should be an exception. > > IMHO, STARTTLS, DOMKEY and email clients could be combined so that we > get domain-secured e-mail as default. > > Or is it better to create an entirely new messaging system to get rid of the legacy? > > I believe the update frequency of today makes client upgrades a no-issue. > > Anders > _______________________________________________ > smime mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/smime --- Patrick Patterson President and Chief PKI Architect Carillon Information Security Inc. http://www.carillon.ca tel: +1 514 485 0789 mobile: +1 514 994 8699 fax: +1 450 424 9559 _______________________________________________ smime mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/smime