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Re: My name being used.

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__/ [ me@xxxxxxxxxxx ] on Sunday 16 July 2006 09:46 \__

> On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:29:41 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>__/ [ John DoH ] on Sunday 16 July 2006 03:55 \__
>>
>>> In article <jetib25k7cnn718618u2lc7glsg036ptlg@xxxxxxx>, me@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> There have been many instances of posts being made by trolls using my
>>>> addy turtill@xxxxxxxxxxx  For some strange reason there are more than
>>>> usual today. My posts always have the same header as this one as I use
>>>> Individual Net News.
>>> 
>>> But what about when you use datamas or other servers.
>>
>>Better use electronic signatures. I had imposters in the past -- ones that
>>posted from open relays and anonymous gateways in order to humiliate me.
>>Headers can easily be forged, so they cannot be trusted. There is no
>>substitute for something like PGP/PGP.
>
> And the chances of Turtill being able to understand something like
> this.........................................................nil.

It  is not to be understood. The mail client or news  reader
automatically  hides  it  while interpreting  the  sequence.
Given  your  key, it is possible to say for certain  if  the
message was composed by you. It is flagged in the form of an
icon  or some other notification type. There is no other way
which  is reliable. That's what digital signatures are  for.
Anybody  who  refuses to sign or encrypt is  susceptable  to
fraud through social engineering, e.g. someone contacts your
ISP  or boss pretending to yourself, causing you trouble  or
extracting key information like passwords.


Best wishes,

Roy
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