[Lilux-info] Crypted/Signed Mails

Hello people, I was having a small think about Signing/Crypting Mails. To propagate the thought of protecting your privacy how much of a sense would this scenario make: My mum has an e-mail address and I want to make sure it's REALLY her and when she mails me her super secret recipes that none else can read it. Therefor I generate a PGP key for her but with no password or (if possible) I store the passphrase in the password manager. Advantage even if someone will intercept my message it is still crypted and I know it's my mum! If it's a Single User PC wouldn't it make sense? If it's multiuser and "basic" login password protection is present and the right permissions are on the key wouldn't it make sense? Thoughts? Cheers, Steve Clement Better living through Mum's Crypted Recipes! -- ION Network Solutions Steve Clement Unix System Administrator 209, rue des Romains L-8041 Bertrange Tel: +352 261 276-2 Fax: +352 261 276-9 mailto:steve@ion.lu http://www.ion.lu