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- From: jcaesar@loop.com (jcaesar)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Ordering goods via the InterNet (how secure?)
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 10:02:03 GMT
- Organization: The Loop
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- On 06-Jan-96 02:09:13, Kevin Cowans at kevin@kncowans.demon.co.uk wrote:
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- > I have a few questions about this.
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- > 1 How secure is EMail over the InterNet.
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- > 2 I do not particularly want to send an EMail containing my VISA number if
- > there is a chance of someone else intercepting it.
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- > 3 I have got PGP, however I do not think SoftLogik will be using it.
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- 1. It isn't, except _MAYBE_ #3. And with the way people have been breaking
- Netscape encryption.... Telnet sessions, can be taken over.. the list
- goes on...
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- 2. I wouldn't. As long as you have the phone... it's wiser to make the call
- by voice. Even that can be recorded, but more than likely, it's safer--
- after all, you know when they get the info, and it isn't sitting somewhere
- waiting to be sent machine to machine, it won't get lost.
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- If you're worried about international phone costs, order by mail.
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- 3. see my #1
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