RE: Unencrypt an FTP'd file

[qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Liotta)]

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  10. Re: Unencrypt an FTP'd file (Scott Klement)
>

<snip>

>If this is S/MIME then there are a few different things going on here:
>
>You've got the signature that you use to verify that the document was sent
>by the people who say they sent it, and that it has not been modified by a
>3rd party in transit.
>
>S/MIME was originally developed for e-mail, and so it may have the
>document base64 encoded to ensure that it will not be corrupted by the
>transport media.  This precaution isn't necessary for FTP, but S/MIME
>usually uses it.

Off the wall thought, perhaps, but it's worth mentioning in case there's 
something to learn out of this...

When I first saw the post that contained some of the file, I wondered if there 
was a way the file could be opened directly in a browser capable of handling 
S/MIME files or tacked onto the body of an e-mail in order to open it with a 
client that understood S/MIME attachments. Seems to me there are bound to be 
browser plugins or other facilities for this.

To send a file like this and simply expect a recipient to use it argues that 
there should be a generally available client function out there. Certainly the 
sender should be able to explain what to do with it.

Tom Liotta

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