Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-16 Thread Michael Carbone
On 05/15/18 16:55, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 15.05.18 21:59, Michael Carbone wrote: >> On 05/14/18 07:31, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >>> On 14.05.18 08:54, Michael Carbone wrote: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/attention-pgp-users-new-vulnerabilities-require-you-take-action-now

Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-16 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 15 May 2018 22:55, patr...@enigmail.net said: > there is no reason to deactivate Enigmail, especially as S/MIME in > Thunderbird is affected by the same issues -- and S/MIME cannot be > deactivated. You can temporally remove your X.509 private key. Shalom-Salam, Werner -- # Pleas

Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-15 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Given that there seems to be one attack that does affect Enigmail, and > the potential exfiltration pathways listed in the paper, would you > recommend waiting for these fixes to come out prior to re-enabling > Enigmail? I personally think you should re-enable it as soon as is convenient for you

Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-15 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
On 15.05.18 21:59, Michael Carbone wrote: > On 05/14/18 07:31, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >> On 14.05.18 08:54, Michael Carbone wrote: >>> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/attention-pgp-users-new-vulnerabilities-require-you-take-action-now >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/d

Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-15 Thread Michael Carbone
On 05/14/18 07:31, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: On 14.05.18 08:54, Michael Carbone wrote: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/attention-pgp-users-new-vulnerabilities-require-you-take-action-now https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/disabling-pgp-thunderbird-enigmail looking forward to hearing

Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-14 Thread p≡p foundation
On 14.05.2018 13:31, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > The recommendation of the EFF is simply wrong. Enigmail contains fixes > or workarounds for the described attacks latest since Enigmail version 2.0. It would be indeed be more honest if they would say to unintall mail clients and install Signal ins

Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-14 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
On 14.05.18 08:54, Michael Carbone wrote: > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/attention-pgp-users-new-vulnerabilities-require-you-take-action-now > > > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/disabling-pgp-thunderbird-enigmail > > looking forward to hearing more soon... The recommendation of

Re: [Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-14 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> looking forward to hearing more soon... We saw a preview of that paper. It's under embargo so it would be inappropriate for us to comment on it until it's released. It was also inappropriate for the EFF to comment on it. You can expect us to have an official statement on it once the paper is

[Enigmail] FYI disable enigmail now

2018-05-13 Thread Michael Carbone
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/attention-pgp-users-new-vulnerabilities-require-you-take-action-now https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/disabling-pgp-thunderbird-enigmail looking forward to hearing more soon... -- Michael Carbone Manager of Security Education Digital Security Helpline A