On 10.06.2011 13:33, Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote:
Kai Engert wrote:
I'm thinking the following could solve the problem
Please help me: which problem is it, that you want to solve, that isn't
yet solved by the current implementation?
Ease of use, understandability of the process for the average user.
Average users fills a form, and that's all (OK, he also must fill the
captcha, and we're getting at the very limit of what is acceptable for
him here). He doesn't enter his email, doesn't have to receive an email
first and doesn't need to go in his inbox and click on it, etc.
The email redirection thing works, but we just can't "sell" it. It's not
a product, it's a lab's prototype.
Are you complaining about S/MIME in general?
The keyserver eliminates the hassle you experience when you're blocked
because you're missing a cert and you want to send an encrypted email
immediately.
When I want to get something done, follow up on a conversation, it's
really painful to have to wait for someone else to send you a signed
email (especially if that person is in a different timezone or on vacation).
The keyserver idea fixes that, and in my opinion, it's not more
difficult to send an email to someone and ask them to send you a signed
email. It's straightfoward.
If you want an easier solution, you could write a client that integrates
keyserver lookup by doing the web request from within your email client,
and ask the user to solve the captcha in a popup message.
Kai
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