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Re: the introduction problem, was Email and reputation (was Re: Service outages planned for April 25)

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 03 May 2022 20:44 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: the introduction problem, was Email and reputation (was Re: Service outages planned for April 25)
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It appears that Michael Richardson  <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> said:
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>Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@dukhovni.org> wrote:
>    > Until encrypted email is usable (**search**, long-term signature validation,
>    > personal private key rollover, ...), all the key distribution tech in the
>    > world won't make it worth adopting.
>
>But signed email is useable, and having enterprises, banks, and governments
>identity roles would be a significant win against phishing, and yet it's
>still not happening.

The people who have implemented RFC 6376 would disagree with you, as
would many of the ones who've implemented RFC 7489.

R's,
John

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