Re: [Enigmail] Rules for attaching public key
On 06/01/2016 10:52 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On Wed 2016-06-01 13:46:28 -0400, Bob Henson wrote: On 01/06/2016 6:32 pm, Hakuch wrote: are there any possibilities to create rules for public key attaching? Currently, I send always my public key to everyone, even if I sent it already 2000 times to a specific person. Why not just put your key number in your signature and let them get it from a keyserver if they want it? * some people don't want their keys on the keyservers unless they've been revoked. * not everyone has access to a keyserver (i've recently recieved mail from someone asking for my key by mail because at work they can't get through to the keyservers) * some people fetch their mail, disconnect, and read and respond to it while offline, so having the local key is handy. Those are all reasons for the correspondents to arrange key exchange between themselves. None of them are excuses for the misguided "attach my key to every message" option. Doug ___ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
Re: [Enigmail] Rules for attaching public key
On Wed 2016-06-01 16:28:51 -0400, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 01.06.16 19:52, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > >> I agree that keeping some state (or being able to infer state) about >> whether your peer likely has your key would be a useful thing. I'm not >> sure what the right rules would be to make this relatively seamless and >> not-confusing, though. > > One thing is clear: If the local installation has already received > encrypted mails from this address, it is no longer necessary to send the > own key again. Not sure how to implement this, this would require some > sort of mini-addressbook. Can we piggy-back enigmail's state on thunderbird's own addressbook? Also, if the user's own certificate (or their encryption-capable subkey) was due to expire, but they updated the expiration date (or issued a new encryption-capable subkey), should they re-send their certificate to the peer? --dkg ___ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
Re: [Enigmail] Rules for attaching public key
On Wed 2016-06-01 13:46:28 -0400, Bob Henson wrote: > On 01/06/2016 6:32 pm, Hakuch wrote: >> are there any possibilities to create rules for public key attaching? >> Currently, I send always my public key to everyone, even if I sent it >> already 2000 times to a specific person. > > Why not just put your key number in your signature and let them get it > from a keyserver if they want it? * some people don't want their keys on the keyservers unless they've been revoked. * not everyone has access to a keyserver (i've recently recieved mail from someone asking for my key by mail because at work they can't get through to the keyservers) * some people fetch their mail, disconnect, and read and respond to it while offline, so having the local key is handy. I agree that keeping some state (or being able to infer state) about whether your peer likely has your key would be a useful thing. I'm not sure what the right rules would be to make this relatively seamless and not-confusing, though. --dkg ___ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
Re: [Enigmail] Rules for attaching public key
On 01/06/2016 6:32 pm, Hakuch wrote: > are there any possibilities to create rules for public key attaching? > Currently, I send always my public key to everyone, even if I sent it > already 2000 times to a specific person. Why not just put your key number in your signature and let them get it from a keyserver if they want it? Regards, Bob signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
