Re: CDR: Re: FAQ? how to set up a cross-platform encrypted mailing list/forum

[Jim Choate]

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Rachel Willmer wrote:

> The problem I see with doing this, is that it doesn't stop someone 
> absent-mindedly sending out an unencrypted mail to the list server. Which 
> then will travel happily in the clear over the Internet to the list server, 
> (where it gets encrypted and sent back out again but its too late by then).

Then have it do a dictionary search on a text, have it randomly pick 10
'words' as delimited by spaces. Do a dictionary search, if they're there
it PROBABLY isn't encrypted.

> so I'm coming round to the idea that the only way to do this is via a 
> web-driven interface on a secure server.

So, how does swapping a http for a smtpd effect clear text submissions and
re-transmission (helping known text attacks)?

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