[X-Unix] PGP funkiness...

[Eric Crist]

On Oct 8, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Justin Herald wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> His is a PGP.sig file though, that is attached to his emails.
> I use MacGPG w/ Mail.app via gpgmail...
>
> Really, i just wish Apple would come out with their own version to get 
> rid of all this trouble and have it fully integrated with OS X.
>
> On Oct 8, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Pedro fp wrote:
>
>>
>> Ummm ... no ... the ,sig file is a signature as an attached file 
>> *not* a public key. And PGP doesn't include a copy of the public key 
>> with every message. MacGPG doesn't sign in an attachment but rather 
>> by appending the signature text to the message as in this message.
>>
> - -- Justin Herald
>
>  Basic, n.:
> 	A programming language.  Related to certain social diseases in
> that those who have it will not admit it in polite company.
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> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin)
>
> iD8DBQFBZwYnSdn966pqU1gRAiP2AJ0cU7Zn6sXDWiSudrupoTk2HHFacgCff+OY
> IgQpD3gEkC7F/I5l1mehGKU=
> =6HOi
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Not one to cause problems, but...

Unless I'm misunderstanding things, this _is_ a list for people to 
discuss the Unix side of Mac OS X, correct?  That being said, if those 
of you making a stink regarding my email attachment (gpg signature) 
have ever spent any time on a mailing list, you'd understand that this 
type of thing is normal, especially in the unix community.  I have come 
under the impression that some folks in this list, most of whom have 
contacted me personally from this list, are either long time mac users 
interested in the unix side, or windows converts coming to the unix 
side in the most friendly OS out there to do so, Mac OS X.  Unless the 
list moderator bans my address or attachments, I guess I'm not 
interested in changing my mail format.  That leaves two options for 
those that have a problem with this:
1) filter out my mail
2) live with it.

I, personally, don't like all the GPG/PGP ascii armored stuff, as I 
feel it's difficult to read short emails with, that's why I use MIME 
attachments.  Some email clients, mainly the Outlook/MS family do not 
handle MIME attachments correctly, which is why you see some messed up 
emails.  Unless you're trying to verify my GPG signature, there's no 
reason you need to read the attachment.  If I'm not mistaken, the 
attachment is all of 200 bytes, hardly worth your time worrying about.

Now, I know this is probably going to start some sort of flame war, but 
I'm willing to accept that.  If this is a Unix list for Mac users, 
there shouldn't be a problem.  If this is otherwise, let me know and 
I'll go elsewhere, because that's what I'm looking for.

Thanks!
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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks
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