On 10/11/2015 01:01 PM, Anton Aylward wrote:
I asked earlier "how paranoid are you?" The corollary is "how
paranoid do you need to be?"
I'm basically worried about nosy-parker types. Could you be more specific?
That broad a category probably takes in everyone on this list and every other opensuse list as well! We wouldn't be here if we weren't curious and inquisitive.
chuckling..... If anybody wanted to decipher my mail (content wise), they would be one sick puppy when they were done. Linux, various open-source project and lists, C, shell, etc.. they would never look at another mail again... If you always follow the rule that you never put anything in an e-mail you wouldn't feel comfortable sitting across the table and defending, then there is little to worry about. It takes very little to use the tools widely available to capture packets. If somebody was hell-bent on capturing/spoofing/cracking your communications with your ISP to get your mail password, there isn't much you can do about it. The security is set by your ISP, whether you use a master password or simply have your password stored by tbird "ain't gonna make much difference." (I think without a master password, your password is hashed in a Berkeley db_185 database -- somebody can confirm or correct) Regardless whether you gpg all your e-mails, the authentication will simply be what your ISP provides. For me, TLS, SSL, etc. along with sane use of e-mail is more than good enough to let me sleep easy at night. I worry a heck of a lot more about the secure sites I reach with my browser than I worry about e-mail -- and for those the only thing that stores the passwords is the grey goo between my ears... to the extent it can... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org