[ale] Secure Family Comms

[DJ-Pfulio]

Webmail over https to YOUR email server would be fine.

For non-technical people on different email systems, I've used encrypted
ZIP file attachments with 30+ character passphrases.  When it comes to
ZIP encryption, passphrase length is VERY important since tools to brute
force access do billions of attempts/sec.

Got my accountant to do this for many years now. They seem to appreciate
security, just needed some simple guidance.

But for people we constantly communicate with and would like never to
worry whether that is secure or not for files, emails, chats, etc.,
there are some fairly simple-to-setup options - easier than gpg + email
or attempting to teach them proper use of sftp.



On 03/23/2017 02:19 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
> On 2017-03-23 10:54, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>> You know, I work for a global Infosec department, and *I* think you guys are a little paranoid.
>>
>> :-D
>>
>>
> 
> :)  Since one of my emails set off the chain I will state that the
> intent was not for all-day-every-day encrypted connections.  It was more
> because occasionally my parents need to send me medical or financial
> information for either safe keeping or review.  I want to give them a
> way to send that easily without having to run to the post office to send
> it by certified mail.
> 
> I run my own mail server so I can create all the addresses I want.  If
> there was an integrated  solution such that I could simply tell them
> "Mail the document to this specific address and it will come to me
> encrypted automatically".
> 
> I might just build a micro web server that has a basic file transfer
> upload form all going over HTTPS but email would be faster and less work
> on both ends.
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