Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-22 Thread Reid Thompson
Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

AW: AW: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-22 Thread Fiedler Roman
> Von: Gnupg-users [mailto:gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org] Im Auftrag von > > On 22/05/18 10:44, Fiedler Roman wrote: > > Such a tool might then e.g. be used on a MitM message reencryption > > gateway: the old machines still send messages with old > > (deprecated/legacy options), they are

Re: AW: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-22 Thread Andrew Gallagher
On 22/05/18 10:44, Fiedler Roman wrote: > Such a tool might then e.g. be used on a MitM message reencryption > gateway: the old machines still send messages with old > (deprecated/legacy options), they are transformed by "gpg-archive": > The full data (old message, old decrypt report, reencrypted

AW: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-22 Thread Fiedler Roman
Hello list, I failed to decide, which message would be the best to reply to, so I took one with a title, rational humanists could be proud of. Ignoring the title, many of the messages had valid arguments for both sides. From my point of view the main difference seems to be, what is believed to

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-22 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Guys, especially in the wake of Efail, *please* stop sending HTML mail to the list. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread vedaal
ng as these versions are still being archived (which is reasonable for the forseeable future), they should have no problems. So, to put in a vote for RJH, “Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.” vedaal ___ Gnup

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mirimir
On 05/21/2018 03:38 PM, Mark Rousell wrote: > On 22/05/2018 02:16, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >> Stupid question: what is wrong with a "encrypt/decrypt old >> format" flag/config option? If I have the need to use old stuff, I can >> turn that on. All I see here is a "do not open old stuff" as a

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mark Rousell
On 22/05/2018 02:16, Mauricio Tavares wrote: > Stupid question: what is wrong with a "encrypt/decrypt old > format" flag/config option? If I have the need to use old stuff, I can > turn that on. All I see here is a "do not open old stuff" as a default > setting which should solve most

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mark Rousell
On 22/05/2018 02:47, Mirimir wrote: > > But OK. The point here is not to expect that you can open such archives > in an email client with Internet access, which is also receiving new > email. Because that makes it vulnerable to Efail and follow-ons. I agree. > So put > the archives in an

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mirimir
On 05/21/2018 02:41 PM, Mirimir wrote: > Yes, "accepting new emails with old crypto" is the problem. But Efail > relies on cyphertext embedded in URLs, which won't unauthenticate. Damn copypasta :( Please make that: > Yes, "accepting new emails with old crypto" is the problem. But Efail >

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mirimir
On 05/21/2018 02:06 PM, Mark Rousell wrote: > On 21/05/2018 23:17, Mirimir wrote: >> On 05/21/2018 02:06 AM, Ed Kellett wrote: >> >> >> >>> Maybe they just want to be able to read emails that they received a long >>> time ago? >> So decrypt them all into a ramdisk, tar, and encrypt with GnuPG. Or

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mark Rousell
to say: >> >> Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I >> trust you! :) >> > One of the problems with Windows is that they preserved the backwards > compatibility for far too long, so they could never clean it up enough > to make it any g

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mirimir
On 05/21/2018 02:06 AM, Ed Kellett wrote: > On 2018-05-21 09:56, Andrew Skretvedt wrote: >> It seems to me that if the pearl-clutchers who would howl too loudly >> about breaking backwards compatibility were as concerned as they claim, >> they would realize that software evolves. But this

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mark Rousell
On 21/05/2018 23:17, Mirimir wrote: > On 05/21/2018 02:06 AM, Ed Kellett wrote: > > > >> Maybe they just want to be able to read emails that they received a long >> time ago? > So decrypt them all into a ramdisk, tar, and encrypt with GnuPG. Or put > it on a backup box with LUKS. Or both. You

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mark Rousell
On 21/05/2018 09:56, Andrew Skretvedt wrote: > I think Efail has shown now that OpenPGP/GnuPG retains the flexibility > to continue to adapt and maintain a well used and trusted standard for > private and authenticated data and communications, but it won't > achieve this if its evolution is

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mark Rousell
On 21/05/2018 14:06, Ed Kellett wrote: > I think it's > a bit unfair to call this "exposing yourself to creeping insecurity". It > shouldn't ever be dangerous to *read an email* with an up-to-date email > client, no matter what, because emails shouldn't be able to phone home. > And the emails

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Mirimir
On 05/21/2018 02:06 AM, Ed Kellett wrote: > Maybe they just want to be able to read emails that they received a long > time ago? So decrypt them all into a ramdisk, tar, and encrypt with GnuPG. Or put it on a backup box with LUKS. Or both. ___

Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Ed Kellett
On 2018-05-21 09:56, Andrew Skretvedt wrote: > It seems to me that if the pearl-clutchers who would howl too loudly > about breaking backwards compatibility were as concerned as they claim, > they would realize that software evolves. But this evolution doesn't > eradicate its past. GnuPG is open

Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-21 Thread Andrew Skretvedt
“Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.” +1 Efail caused me to run across the criticism that Moxie Marlinespike wrote about GnuPG/OpenPGP in early 2015. https://moxie.org/blog/gpg-and-me/ It felt to me that without naming it, he'd focused

Re: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-20 Thread Jean-David Beyer
On 05/20/2018 08:51 PM, Jeremy Davis wrote: > I just read the awesome article "Efail: A Postmortem" by Robert Hansen. > > Thanks for this Robert. Great work! > > As suggested by Robert, I've signed up to say: > > Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. I

Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you.

2018-05-20 Thread Jeremy Davis
I just read the awesome article "Efail: A Postmortem" by Robert Hansen. Thanks for this Robert. Great work! As suggested by Robert, I've signed up to say: Break backwards compatibility already: it’s time. Ignore the haters. I trust you! :) Chee