Re: security: Encrypted mail in the archive

[Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com>]

Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
> IMHO, encrypting the archived copy just gives a false sense of
> security.

Not at all.  I don't do draft-saving, especially when writing messages
sufficiently sensitive that I intend to encrypt them, and whether or
not they include attachments is not germane to the question.

I too want archived copies to be encrypted, to defend myself against
crackers or spooks if they should happen on my filesystem.  I do not
want a cryptographic filesystem because that would be like swatting a
fly with a Buick -- I need a little bit of very good encryption, not a
lot of wasted encryption.  My IP links to the universe are also
encrypted (http://sites.inka.de/sites/bigred/devel/cipe.html) and
these are the uses where encryption serves me well.

--karl