From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Tue May 18 1999 - 13:49:59 MDT
I really haven't looked into the details of their scheme at
all, but from what I understand it is based on a Java client
that basically operates in a similiar fashion to a PGP client...
I don't think unencrypted messages are stored anywhere. It
is encrypted by one client, sent to their servers (in Vancouver
I believe), and just held there in their encrypted form until
the recipient views it on their client. The only service they
are providing besides the client software is a web-based email
system like any other. But I could be totally wrong. There was
a thread on this on Slashdot a few days ago with plenty of
comments if you want to read that.
Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
> You sure transfer text via SSL, but what happens with your mail on the
> server? It kinda defies the purpose. Then why not http://www.gnupg.org
> ?
>
> Brian Atkins writes:
> > A friend of a friend of mine is one of the founders.. from what
> > I know it is legit. I am still not convinced it will really
> > take off though.
> >
> > Terry Donaghe wrote:
> > > http://www.hushmail.com
--
"Knowing the path is not the same as walking the path."
-Morpheus _The Matrix_
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