I recommend taking a look at PGP as an option. It solves a lot of PKI
issues transparently, but it does have some limitations of its own.
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:29:35 -0800 (PST), John Madden
<chiwawa999_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking at the potential deployment and solutions for
> encrypted emails i had a few questions.
>
> What do large organization do to ensure that email are
> securely transfered with a partner/customer for
> sensitive data ?
>
> Using public/private keys seems like a whole lot of
> problems...
>
> - How do you exchange keys ? Manually ? This might be
> ok for a couple of recipient but can you imagine
> hundreds/thousunds at different companies...
>
> - PKI, having to deal with the infrastructure could be
> a nightmare.
>
> - Employees learning curve....
>
> Are companies using an encryption software that will
> encrypt the messages/attachments and transmit the
> password to decrypt by phone ?
>
> I would like your comments/suggestions.
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
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