On Oct 9, 2004, at 9:37 PM, Jakob Peterhänsel wrote: [SNIP] > 4: Why is it even nessesary to sign stuff on a public list? > I mean, are there Really that many attempts at spoffing your > statements on public lists? > I haven't seen any in the 15 years I have been on 'the net'. So, if > there Should be a somewhat valid argument regarding those > attachements/signatures (1 vote not for ascii signatures!), it should > be that it's simply a vaste of effort. Jakob, I haven't had spoof attempts, but there are people out there that feel the need to edit _within_ the original text, even to the point of changing some of my grammar. On some very rare occasions, they've changed that actual meaning of what I was trying to say, I hope by mistake. This has caused offense to some, and we're all aware of how some people get hurt feelings very easily on mail lists. ;) This is why I sign my email. This way, you know what I really sent. That's all. Thanks! ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 194 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-unix/attachments/20041009/9e56e5d1/PGP.bin