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Re: encrypted mboxes



On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 03:37:27PM -0400, Neil Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:09:54PM -0500, steVe wrote:
> >so spake Neil Watson [2004.08.19 @ 10:26]:
> >>Can't you just set the ownership of your files to 600?
> >they're already 600.  the thing is, on this network, it is very easy for
> >anyone with sudo access to become any other user and read their home
> >directory files, regardless of permissions.  neat, huh?
> 
> Doesn't that mean that they could just as easily have your email copied
> to them via .forward file or a procmail recipie?

Yes, but this is much easier to notice.  They'd have to create a
.forward or modify your .procmailrc -- and they'd have to leave
evidence to where the mail was going.

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