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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] formail / fetchmail issue -- getting certificate

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] formail / fetchmail issue -- getting certificate
  • From: "Prof J C Nash (U30A)" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:10:28 -0400
Permissions on directory reset as per Alex' warning.

I'll look into getting the certificate, noting that many sites I go to
these days squawk about outdated or missing ones. A good tutorial on how
to get them and where to put them would be valuable.

There was a question about knowledge of PKI -- I actually introduced
this to Treasury Board in a contract in 1979, but the implementation and
usage details are always arcane. These details form the major (and in my
opinion from a risk point of view fatal) flaw in using it, leading to
the "post-it note on the screen with password" level of response from
users. Making it user-friendly to non-geeks seems really difficult.

Best, JN