[DEMUG] secure email

[lcarr]

Roy,

I can see where PGP would be a solution if I was concerned about  
sending secure mail, but I'm concerned that customers (and I don't  
necessarily know who these people are until I receive mail from them)  
could be sending me information that should be encrypted.  In order  
for it to be secure wouldn't my potential customers need to be running  
PGP?  Or am I missing something here.

Leslie



On May 23, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Roy Atkinson 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
>
>
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> Roy Atkinson
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> 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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