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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>
Subject: Re: Security
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:47:14 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2003-03-11T12:47:14+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnb6rmji.8ue.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E18sj2q-0001Yi-00@porton.narod.ru

Victor Porton wrote:
> Using pgp/gpg keys would be able to eliminate the need for physical 
> media for every new update of software. It would be enough to only once 
> send the key on floppy/CD and then using this key to send authentied 
> software through Internet.

Yes, to some extent. However things can be forged. Although signing is
done by f.ex RedHat and Microsoft.  However with security there is only
one rule: Nothing is secure. :-)

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-03-11 12:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-10 16:12 UniParser 0.1 released Victor Porton
2003-03-10 16:45 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-10 18:46   ` Victor Porton
2003-03-10 18:55     ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-10 19:07       ` Security Victor Porton
2003-03-10 20:16         ` Security Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-11  8:28           ` Security Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 12:06             ` Security Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-11 12:10               ` Security Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 12:39                 ` Security Victor Porton
2003-03-11 12:47                   ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2003-03-11 13:11                 ` Security Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-11  8:29       ` UniParser 0.1 released Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 11:57         ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-11 12:05           ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 12:05         ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-11 12:07           ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 13:10             ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-11 12:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-11 12:51   ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 13:15     ` Mixing GPL and GMGPL (Was: UniParser 0.1 released.) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2003-03-11 15:15       ` Stephen Leake
2003-03-11 18:20         ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-03-11 15:14     ` UniParser 0.1 released Stephen Leake
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-05-15  0:00 Security Frank Cheung
1996-05-15  0:00 ` Security Theodore E. Dennison
1996-05-15  0:00   ` Security Wayne Lawton
1991-06-04 21:58 security Steve Vestal
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