[ On Saturday, September 8, 2001 at 16:33:52 (+0100), Philip Hazel wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [Exim] ident - 2B|!2B
>
> There's little point in using the encrypted version when you don't make
> any secret of your login ids.
Oh, but yes there is....
> (Though I suppose there is the "digital
> signature" point.)
Yes, exactly. The purpose of an encrypted ident reply isn't necessarily
to hide the information (though it obviously does that too), but rather
to protect its integrity.
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