Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-09-07 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
On 07.09.2020 21:55, Phil Kane wrote: > On 9/6/2020 11:35 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > >> pEp for Thunderbird is not Enigmail. You won't receive an Enigmail >> version that will work with TB 78. > > If that is the case, just what is pEp? What does it replace? The main idea of pEp is to

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-09-07 Thread Mark
True, but the first (and only) place I have heard of p≡p in regards to TB is here on this list actually with this same subject line, so I figured it was fair game. On 9/7/2020 4:51 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> My asking was a sort of a joke although still not sure what the purpose >> of p≡p

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-09-07 Thread Robert J. Hansen
My asking was a sort of a joke although still not sure what the purpose of p≡p based on the following text from the Thunderbird 78 blog: Given that Enigmail is not p≡p and doesn't work with TB78, perhaps you'd be best served asking at a mailing list that caters to one or the other?

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail, TB 78+ and security

2020-09-07 Thread Kai Engert
On 07.09.20 22:18, Mark wrote: Had those same concerns as there are a multitude of mozilla master password decrypters out there. Please see these recent messages from this list: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/pipermail/enigmail-users_enigmail.net/2020-August/005707.html

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail, TB 78+ and security

2020-09-07 Thread Mark
Had those same concerns as there are a multitude of mozilla master password decrypters out there. Plus keeping two key stores in sync could be problematic. On 9/7/2020 12:57 PM, li...@datenritter.de wrote: > Hi all, > > So, Thunderbird will finally implement OpenPGP. Great! \o/ > > Unfortunately,

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail, TB 78+ and security

2020-09-07 Thread lists
Am 07.09.20 um 22:07 schrieb Bernhard Esslinger: >> There is an advanced option for Thunderbird to delegate to an external >> GnuPG installation to perform secret key operations > Is there a detailed description with some screenshots how we can use and > configure this behavior well? Basically

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail, TB 78+ and security

2020-09-07 Thread Bernhard Esslinger
Hello Eli, > There is an advanced option for Thunderbird to delegate to an external > GnuPG installation to perform secret key operations Is there a detailed description with some screenshots how we can use and configure this behavior well? Best regards, Bernhard Am 07.09.2020 um 22:04 schrieb

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail, TB 78+ and security

2020-09-07 Thread Eli Schwartz
On 9/7/20 3:57 PM, li...@datenritter.de wrote: > Hi all, > > So, Thunderbird will finally implement OpenPGP. Great! \o/ > > Unfortunately, Mozilla as usual have their own way... /o\ > > TB will store PGP-Keys without encryption - unless you use a master > password. Which... must be entered on

[Enigmail] Enigmail, TB 78+ and security

2020-09-07 Thread lists
Hi all, So, Thunderbird will finally implement OpenPGP. Great! \o/ Unfortunately, Mozilla as usual have their own way... /o\ TB will store PGP-Keys without encryption - unless you use a master password. Which... must be entered on every start anyway. One password for everything might seem

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-09-07 Thread Mark
Exactly my question... On 9/7/2020 12:55 PM, Phil Kane wrote: > On 9/6/2020 11:35 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > >> pEp for Thunderbird is not Enigmail. You won't receive an Enigmail >> version that will work with TB 78. > If that is the case, just what is pEp? What does it replace? > > == Phil

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-09-07 Thread Onno Ekker
On 7 Sep 2020, at 17:54, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > >  >> >> So then would it legitimate to have a version of Enigmail that continued to >> work with TB 78? :) > > Won't and can't exist. Please stop asking. > > We've given the reasons many, many times. Originally, the Thunderbird user >

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-09-07 Thread Robert J. Hansen
So then would it legitimate to have a version of Enigmail that continued to work with TB 78? :) Won't and can't exist. Please stop asking. We've given the reasons many, many times. Originally, the Thunderbird user interface was done using a Mozilla technology called XPCOM. Mozilla has

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

2020-09-07 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
Am 7. September 2020 06:18:46 MESZ schrieb Mark : >So then would it legitimate to have a version of Enigmail that continued >to work with TB 78? :) > >Just curious as to what is p≡p is doing differently (better?) over the >default Open PGP implementation. We kept hearing they were doing this to