[DEMUG] secure email

[Roy Atkinson]

More:

If your Web site uses "https://" for the secure forms, they are  
encrypted up to 1024 bit, which is still considered "unbreakable."

Check out "https" on wikipedia.com for an explanation.



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Roy Atkinson
207.664.9329 (mobile)
Sent from my iPhone

On May 23, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Roy Atkinson <macadvisor at mac.com> wrote:

> PGP (pretty good privacy) has been in the business of encrypting email
> for a very long time. You can check out
> http://www.pgp.com/solutions/homeoffice.html
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Roy Atkinson
> 207.664.9329 (mobile)
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 23, 2008, at 5:56 PM, L Carr <lcarr at fish-news.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way of making email secure?
>>
>> I have a secure website that allows me to have forms that supposedly
>> can't be read by anyone other than the addressee designated in the
>> form.  I admit I've mostly closed my eyes and taken it on faith that
>> this is the case.  I've never understood the intricacies involved  
>> that
>> actually make it secure.
>>
>> I would love however to have an email address that has that same
>> function.  Every now and again, someone sends me their credit card
>> number in an email.  I certainly don't ask for them to do it, but I'd
>> feel awful if it was intercepted and stolen.  Is there some way of
>> making sure that an email can't be hijacked?
>>
>> Thanks for any insight into this issue.
>>
>> Leslie
>>
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