Re: Encrypting Data-in-Transit

[Kevin Shalla <kshalla () UIC EDU>]

I agree completely.  This reminds me of the signs around buildings during
the winter that say "caution falling ice".  These signs are placed on the
sidewalk, but no steps are taken to increase safety.  Perhaps they slightly
decrease the likelihood that a person injured from falling glass would sue
the building owner, but I doubt it.  I wonder if legal decisions suggest
that these types of disclaimers help defendants win their cases.

At 09:03 PM 2/15/2005, Alan Amesbury wrote:
> Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Based on what I'm actually seeing, many site's "Solution" is to just stick a
> > "This email may contain confidential and privileged information and if
> > you're not
> > the intended recipient, you shouldn't read it" on everything that goes out,
> > confidential or not.  Unfortunately, this likely *is* the actual solution
> > some
> > of these sites are using....
> [snip]
>
> Of course, I also think that such an approach is sheer nonsense.  If
> you're already slinging "confidential and privileged" data around in
> plain-text e-mail, I think you've got problems that a simple disclaimer
> is not going to adequately address.

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