On Saturday, November 14, 1998 12:13 PM, Chris Salter
[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> In article <[log in to unmask]>, dated Sat, 14 Nov
> 1998 at 09:04:11, Ewan Davis <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >No, you haven't quite understood PGP. You need the private key of the
intended
> >recipient to read an encrypted message not the public key of the sender.
> [snip supporting explanation]
>
> I think the poster may have been confusing PGP encryption with PGP
> digital signatures. My PGP is a little rusty but I believe that PGP
> signed mail can be verified using the authors public key.
>
> Chris
You quite correct Chris about my confusion. I posted the first note and it
was whilst I was removing my contact lenses to go to bed I realised my
error and resent my message with a PS to forget it all.
As a second issue I do not understand Ewan's URL for his key namely
ldap://certserver.pgp.com
My browser does not recognise this (MSIE 3). I tried www.certserver.pgp.com
which was recognised by the DNS but sticks at the connecting to
208.258.258.??? message. I have tried this a few times but without success.
Stuart
Dr Stuart Skeates
Romsey
Hants
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