karl_kleinpaste@charcoal.com (08/01/90)
Archive-name: postethics/01-Aug-90
Original-posting-by: karl_kleinpaste@charcoal.com
Original-subject: Re: Mail security
Archive-site: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu [128.146.8.60]
Archive-directory: /pub/sendmail
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
Richard.Banks@ohiont.fidonet.org writes:
How do not we know that system administrators on uucp machines are not
reading our mail as travels to its destination ?
You don't; you trust that the postmasters between Hither and Yon are
worthy of their position. Pat McGregor/UMich took a survey on
postmaster ethics, asking 130-odd postmasters, and getting 69
responses. A paper on the subject, "Averting One's Eyes -- Ethical
approaches to Postmastering," is the result. You can find a copy via
ftp in tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/sendmail/postethics, or via uucp as
osu-cis!~/sendmail/postethics.
--karl