[ic] Credit Card Info

interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Sun Nov 4 17:04:11 2001


On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 01:27:36PM -0800, Dan Browning wrote:
> > 
> > Just because you have access, or even the only access, to 
> > point a and b doesn't mean 250 other people can't read the 
> > exact same piece of mail...
> 
> Which illustrates the point that security is a lot more complete than
> encryption.  (Which is also why ASPs sell security as a service, not a
> product, these days).  I think the the moral of the story is that
> unencrypted e-mail is not a secure transport method.

Reminds me of a cookie: "Carnivore, only your ISP knows for sure"

Watch out for the dark, swarthy packets with funny return addresses.

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