But it's impossible to add crypto to emails unless you are going to modify or install some add-on to your email program.
What you need is an email data haven, something along the lines of Hotmail. Except you use a more robust crypto system to communicate with it. So on the browser side you have an Active-X or Java app that uses a proven secure encryption scheme. Then all messages on the server will be stored in an encrypted format only. It's only when they're downloaded to the client will be unencrypted. As all private keys are only stored on the local PC, and if your paranoid a floppy disk (stop HD snooping).
Then when people send an email using this haven the Active X or Java app will go to the server and request the public key for the email address you're the message to. But you're not allowed to see this key nor will it be stored locally, as its only need to encrypt that message nothing else.
To login you wouldn't use passwords, but something like a digital signature. That is generated when you get your private key, (again pop it on a floppy).
Now any time you want to send an email login to the server (no password or ids needed, as the signature that's care of that). Then send the message (and or) attachments to the email address of your choosing (encryption system still hidden to the user, look straight forward). Then log off.
Plus you could setup an option to accept unencrypted from address out side of the haven if you wish or only accept message from with in the haven. So you would also be able to stop all that Spam!
The 4C have the attitude that, "They will buy whatever we make, all we need is to get are marketing team on it and everything will be fine." It brings back the days of Henry Ford, "You can have any colour car, as long as it black."
The Corporate World think that they will buy whatever we make, and will like it. We are the nitch users in the market, us geeks and gurus. Its John Doe that big business is after, and as far as the Corporate World is concerned John Doe doesn't know his arse from him elbow and will buy whatever is advertised as been the next big think that all the in-people must have.
Its not until us the geeks and gurus start to talk in the language of John Doe will we have any power to stop the Corporate World from controlling all things. John Doe is a sheep being lead to the slaughter, and he has bought the farm his slaughtering knife, he just doesn't realise it yet.
Because in the end us geeks and gurus will know where to turn to get by this copy protection, but John Doe will be the one fuelling the Corporate World. While we salvage parts from are old 468s and Pentiums.
Only when Copy Protection equals Loss of Sales, then 4C will start to think about removing it. So the only way to stop this, is by not buy new products that us CPRM. We just need to stick to your old walk-mans and disk-mans and we'll all be fine. Then the 4C will get the message! And if not, then we should us some C4 on 4C!
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But it's impossible to add crypto to emails unless you are going to modify or install some add-on to your email program.
What you need is an email data haven, something along the lines of Hotmail. Except you use a more robust crypto system to communicate with it. So on the browser side you have an Active-X or Java app that uses a proven secure encryption scheme. Then all messages on the server will be stored in an encrypted format only. It's only when they're downloaded to the client will be unencrypted. As all private keys are only stored on the local PC, and if your paranoid a floppy disk (stop HD snooping).
Then when people send an email using this haven the Active X or Java app will go to the server and request the public key for the email address you're the message to. But you're not allowed to see this key nor will it be stored locally, as its only need to encrypt that message nothing else.
To login you wouldn't use passwords, but something like a digital signature. That is generated when you get your private key, (again pop it on a floppy).
Now any time you want to send an email login to the server (no password or ids needed, as the signature that's care of that). Then send the message (and or) attachments to the email address of your choosing (encryption system still hidden to the user, look straight forward). Then log off.
Plus you could setup an option to accept unencrypted from address out side of the haven if you wish or only accept message from with in the haven. So you would also be able to stop all that Spam!
Wizartar
The 4C have the attitude that, "They will buy whatever we make, all we need is to get are marketing team on it and everything will be fine." It brings back the days of Henry Ford, "You can have any colour car, as long as it black."
The Corporate World think that they will buy whatever we make, and will like it. We are the nitch users in the market, us geeks and gurus. Its John Doe that big business is after, and as far as the Corporate World is concerned John Doe doesn't know his arse from him elbow and will buy whatever is advertised as been the next big think that all the in-people must have.
Its not until us the geeks and gurus start to talk in the language of John Doe will we have any power to stop the Corporate World from controlling all things. John Doe is a sheep being lead to the slaughter, and he has bought the farm his slaughtering knife, he just doesn't realise it yet.
Because in the end us geeks and gurus will know where to turn to get by this copy protection, but John Doe will be the one fuelling the Corporate World. While we salvage parts from are old 468s and Pentiums.
Only when Copy Protection equals Loss of Sales, then 4C will start to think about removing it. So the only way to stop this, is by not buy new products that us CPRM. We just need to stick to your old walk-mans and disk-mans and we'll all be fine. Then the 4C will get the message! And if not, then we should us some C4 on 4C!
Wizartar.
I'm glad now that I kept my old copy of DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroup!
Looks like it's back to Nescape 2 to surf.