FW: Inquiry

[Len Sassaman]

Self-decrypting archives are a horrendously bad idea for many security
reasons. This has been discussed on this (and other) lists numerous times.


On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Wilemon, Andrea A (AIT) wrote:

> GnuPG Users,
>
> Could you respond to my original inquiry about Self Decrypting Archives?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrea Wilemon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GNU General Contact Address [mailto:gnu@gnu.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:37 AM
> To: Wilemon, Andrea A (AIT)
> Subject: Re: Inquiry
>
>
> That's an interesting question; You should send it to the GnuPG users'
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> Good luck and happy hacking!
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 04:54:59PM -0400, Wilemon, Andrea A (AIT) wrote:
> > Does GNU Privacy offer or plan to offer a similar Self Decrypting Archive
> > feature that PGP offers?
> >
> > Self Decrypting Archives do not require special software (GNU or PGP)
> > installed on the receiving side.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> >
> > Andrea Wilemon
> >
>
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