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List:       postfix-users
Subject:    Re: adding digital signature to email?
From:       lst_hoe02 () kwsoft ! de
Date:       2010-10-27 16:36:39
Message-ID: 20101027183639.214431g1ow8eb0g0 () webmail ! kwsoft ! de
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Zitat von Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com>:

> lst_hoe02@kwsoft.de wrote:
>>
>> In case of e-mail it is most of the time more of validating the sender
>> in common-sense (Anscheinsbeweis) and not legally-binding. At least here
>> in germany there is no valid *automatic* signing anyway which could be
>> legally-binding.
>
> Validating the sender is very much worth something, but having a  
> unencrypted private key on a 3rd party server is still something I'd  
> raise an eyebrow about.

S/MIME Gateways are mostly used in the context of company networks i  
guess, where central management matters. Agreed for end user services  
this is not the right way to go.

Regards

Andreas



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