Reply From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdysonat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, mea culpa wrote: > E-mail can have dire consequences <snip> > Trouble is, those casual messages sometimes get misdirected, or they can > have healthy lifespans, hibernating for years on a computer backup in the > company's basement. Sometimes, like old soldiers, old e-mail messages > never die. I don't know if I buy this argument entirely. E-mail can be too readily altered and/or forged. What's to stop anyone from claiming that _most_ of the message is theirs, but that they "cannot recall" ever having written the crucial bits? (You know, "the timestamps are right, the headers are right, but gee whiz, I don't remember giving those orders" sort of thing.) Without digital signatures, it's one person's word against another. Given that, e-mail "evidence" is circumstantial at best. Any technology-minded judge would likely dismiss it as such. ( ( ______ )) )) .- "There's always time for a good cup of coffee" -. >===<--. C|~~|C|~~| [> Jay D. Dyson - jdysonat_private <] | = |-' `--' `--' `-------------- Nemo impune lacessit --------------' `-----' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNYgM5ue1NzV7EsRFAQHBLAQAsjPdBQqdwKH5sntEqi6lMAO+forISZFj 8v+M6tcMaoNkpWdTsFu+X8h1FwBkqMARRT+fq/8kpPqmUnavjeKBhRWXkeLcTip1 Merqx+imR416s3m5wl2W8PC6Yit9JSHkA4ztIJO4o+BH//bgyHoY+zBnIStg2l9j uu9NVyt/Pdw= =a+SJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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