Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!rit!ultb!jdb9608 From: jdb9608@ultb.UUCP (J.D. Beutel) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: National Computer Net: Request for Information Summary: more than just mail Keywords: encryption media security Message-ID: <746@ultb.UUCP> Date: 28 Apr 89 18:43:45 GMT References: <8904280956.AA19352@s4.Tau.Ac.IL> Reply-To: jdb9608@ultb.UUCP (J.D. Beutel (713ICS)) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems Lines: 21 In article <8904280956.AA19352@s4.Tau.Ac.IL> writes: >I am all in favour of wide-spread electronic mail [...] >Of course, regular mail will still exist. >One still have to send checques, parcels, newspapers, magazines, etc. > Parcels, yes. However, I think electronic banking will make checks obsolete in the near future. Newspapers and magazines, likewise, are better online than on paper--take Usenet as an example. >However, one must take the security issue into consideration. I think most >people will feel reluctant to use electronic mail for private and confidentail >mail, as it is more vulnerable to attacks by people wishing to intercept it. > The current discussion about the future of Internet include alot about encryption. Using a public encode/private decode key makes security possible for all digital transmissions, and will be the standard soon. -- 11011011 ___jdb9608@ritvax.BITNET or @ritcv.UUCP___ "I am, therefore I am."