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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
- From: oml@eloka.demon.co.uk (Owen Lewis)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!eloka.demon.co.uk!oml
- Subject: Re: Fax with encryption?
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- References: <C0qM08.35I@newsserver.technet.sg>
- Organization: Eloka Consultancy & Project Management
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- Followup-To: Fax with encryption
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:06:39 +0000
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- In article <C0qM08.35I@newsserver.technet.sg> mathias@solomon.technet.sg writes:
-
- >Ketil Albertsen,TIH (ketil@edb.tih.no) wrote:
-
- >Same here, either you trust your secretary to decrypt the fax and then not
- >let it lie around, or you keep in the machine until you arrive and start
- >the printout.
- >
- >: In principle, the secretary may whenever an encrypted fax comes in page
- >: whoever is expecting a fax (secretary wouldn't know who!) to immediately
- >: leave whatever work he is doing run as quickly to the fax to enter the
- >: right number... No, that wouldn't work in practice.
- >
- >No, no, no. Decryption only takes place on printout, not when receiving
- >
- >
- >: Same problem with public key encryption: The fax would be printed out,
- >: and would be visible to anyone in the office.
- >
- Not so. At least one UK company of good bespoke systems has a complete answer
- to the probem of confidentiality after arrival. Those with a serious need,
- please E-mail me.
- >
-