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[nycphp-talk] Secure email attachments suggestions

John Campbell jcampbell1 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 11:30:39 EST 2008


On Feb 6, 2008 9:49 AM, Cliff Hirsch <cliff at pinestream.com> wrote:
>
>  I would like to send secure email attachments. Suggestions?
> Recommendations?
>
>  Would you use GnuPG to encrypt the attachment? And std. packages? Just
> PECL? What desktop client can decrypt these attachments?

I think this is going to be a lost cause.  It is technically possible
with PGP and you will need to have the public keys for each user,
which will require the users to  do things that they don't comprehend.
 I recommend doing what the banks do... "You have a secure message.
Please login to your account to check the message."

I'd implement the latter first, and then think about offering PGP as a
convenience method for power users later.

John C.



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