Off-The-Record Email
I'm a user of Pidgin with the off-the-record plugin: http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/help/3.2.0/levels.php?lang=en http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/help/3.2.0/authenticate.php?lang=en Is there a way to be able to have off-the-record email conversations with GPG technology? It would definitely be a terrific thing. Email is traditionally supposed to mirror paper mail and paper mail is usually not thought of as being off-the-record, so I guess that's probably why no one really thinks about it. But if the technology exists, it would be fantastic to have OTR email conversations every now and then. I came across some interesting articles and papers worth checking out: http://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/18249 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.29.2823 but nothing out there for users to be able to use. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Off-The-Record Email
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29, firasmr...@gmail.com said: Is there a way to be able to have off-the-record email conversations with GPG technology? It would definitely be a terrific thing. Email is I was pondering with the idea to use the WoT or an existsing OpenPGP key for fingerprint checking. No concrete design, though. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Off-The-Record Email
I'd personally prefer having a real OpenPGP plugin for gpg,... Wouldn't that be the real solution? Cheers, Chris. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Off-The-Record Email
Is there a way to be able to have off-the-record email conversations with GPG technology? It would definitely be a terrific thing. Not really. OTR uses DHKEA for symmetric key negotiation. This is an interactive protocol: you send some information, the other person sends some information back, back-and-forth a few times until a symmetric key emerges from the mathemagic. Email is not an interactive protocol. You could probably invent a way to do OTR via email, but it would probably be a horrible kludge. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
