Hi Chris,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christopher J.Walker
> Sent: 01 October 2009 10:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: email encryption
>
> Ma, Mingchao (STFC,RAL,ESC) wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > It seems that some of you still have some concerns on sensitive
> information
> > being distributed via unencrypted email, even it is not sent to any
> public
> > mailing list.
>
>
> Some time ago, I received the following e-mail:
>
> https://cic.gridops.org/index.php?section=rc&page=broadcastretrieval&step=
> 2&typeb=C&idbroadcast=39741
>
> Which amounts to "please download and install this rpm from this url".
> Whilst this one looked genuine (as did your request). How should I know
> which requests are genuine, and which are not?
>
> Specifically, in the case of this e-mail, it came via
> engine29-1277-2.icritical.com
I can't do anything with it. STFC outsources its anti-spam function to
icritical. The line is added by icritical automatically.
> >
> > If you want to send an encrypted email to me, you can simply use my grid
> > certificate, which you can find in any of my digitally signed email
> > including this email.
>
> That's useful. It is a pity that the CA isn't one of those in my
> browser/e-mail client by default - though I think that's another can of
> worms.
Now, it is sorted. I got a personal certificate issued by Thawte, which is
trusted commercial CA. Your browser/email client will trust it by default. I
digitally signed this email, check it out!
Cheers,
Mingchao
>
>
> Chris
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