Re: Don't send encrypted messages to random users

2017-05-29 Thread Ineiev
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:52:27PM +, Konstantin Gribov wrote: > > As an example, many open source devs are publishing their keys which they > use for signing software releases but rarely for encrypted communication. On the other hand, they could publish certificates without encrypting

Re: Don't send encrypted messages to random users

2017-05-29 Thread Konstantin Gribov
Primary reason to publish a key is to make it available for fetching. It isn't a permission for anyone to annoy a person anyhow. As an example, many open source devs are publishing their keys which they use for signing software releases but rarely for encrypted communication. On Tue, May 30,

Re: Don't send encrypted messages to random users

2017-05-29 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> This I find surprising: if one does not want receiving > encrypted messages from those that he does not have > existing relationship with, why does he publish his > public key on public keyservers? All presence on the keyservers says is, "if you have something to send me, you may send it

Don't send encrypted messages to random users

2017-05-29 Thread listo factor via Gnupg-users
This I find surprising: if one does not want receiving encrypted messages from those that he does not have existing relationship with, why does he publish his public key on public keyservers? ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org

Re: Don't send encrypted messages to random users to test your gpg

2017-05-29 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Monday 29 May 2017 at 2:18:18 PM, in , Marcus Brinkmann via Gnupg-users wrote:- > For people who want to communicate with other people > rather than bots, > there is also this:

Re: Don't send encrypted messages to random users to test your gpg

2017-05-29 Thread Marcus Brinkmann via Gnupg-users
For people who want to communicate with other people rather than bots, there is also this: https://www.reddit.com/r/GPGpractice/ https://www.reddit.com/r/publickeyexchange/ On 05/29/2017 01:00 PM, Duane Whitty wrote: > Hi list, > > When I checked my email this morning I had an encrypted message

Don't send encrypted messages to random users to test your gpg

2017-05-29 Thread Duane Whitty
Hi list, When I checked my email this morning I had an encrypted message from someone I didn't know and had never heard of signed with a signature for which no public key was available. When I saw the email with a subject "test, test, hello" (or something to that effect" I decided not to let

Mailvelope browser extension for webmail

2017-05-29 Thread Duane Whitty
Hi list, Thoughts on the Mailvelope browser extension...? Here's some of their material: https://www.mailvelope.com/en/faq "What is the purpose of this project? Mailvelope is an easy-to-use web-browser extension which brings OpenPGP encryption to webmail services such as Gmail™, Yahoo™ and

Re: Planned GnuPG mirror shutdown: mirror.se.partyvan.eu

2017-05-29 Thread Justus Winter
Juuso Lapinlampi writes: > I'm the operator of a GnuPG mirror at Partyvan. We've had a listed > GnuPG mirror for ~1.5 years now. [1] > [...] > I don't know yet if or when we could return to providing this mirror > server to the public and GnuPG. For the time being, you may want