[NBLUG/talk] [SM-PLUGINS] G/PGP Encryption Plugin for Squirrelmail - v 1.0.1 released

augie schwer at sonic.net
Wed Mar 5 21:22:01 PST 2003


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ME wrote:
| Some of you use SquirrelMail, and have wanted a gpg plugin for it. It
| looks like work has started on one.
| Use of just a "verify key" by using a public key from a server may be
| tolerable when it comes to security, but use of encryption with such a
| plugin should be treated much like ssh - only encrypt on a machine, from
| which you are using the web browser, that you trust *to* a machine that
| you trust.

i had a discussion about such a plugin with Kevan from sonic, and we
came to the same conclusion. to do any kind of encrypting or decrypting
you'd have to store your private key on a public server, and regardless
of the trustworthiness of that server, that still just sounds crazy.

augie


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Key fingerprint = 9815 AE19 AFD1 1FE7 5DEE  2AC3 CB99 2784 27B0 C072

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