Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-25 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Saturday 22 November 2014 at 9:47:09 PM, in , MFPA wrote: > I don't know how Thunderbird+Enigmail handles this. Having asked the question on PGPNET, I am told that Thunderbird+Enigmail warns that users of some PGP Corp. products won't be a

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-24 Thread Mirimir
>> Cc: "michaelquig...@theway.org" >> Date: 11/22/2014 04:16 PM >> Subject: Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless? >> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> Hi >> >> >> On Wednesday 19 November 2014 at

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-24 Thread MichaelQuigley
MFPA <2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net> wrote on 11/22/2014 04:16:38 PM: > From: MFPA <2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net> > To: "michaelquig...@theway.org on GnuPG-Users" > Cc: "michaelquig...@theway.org" > Date: 11/22/2014 04:16 P

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-22 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 20 November 2014 at 9:54:50 PM, in , Ingo Klöcker wrote: > KMail encrypts an individual copy for each BCC > recipient. I thought Thunderbird+Enigmail would also > do this. I don't know how Thunderbird+Enigmail handles this. The

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-22 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Wednesday 19 November 2014 at 7:50:32 PM, in , michaelquig...@theway.org wrote: > Which of course would not be possible if the public > mailing list was all encrypted. Unless the search engine subscribed to the encrypted list and produce

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-21 Thread Schlacta, Christ
On Nov 21, 2014 8:55 PM, "Ingo Klöcker" wrote: > > On Thursday 20 November 2014 14:36:35 Schlacta, Christ wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2014 1:58 PM, "Ingo Klöcker" wrote: > > > On Tuesday 18 November 2014 22:43:18 MFPA wrote: > > > KMail encrypts an individual copy for each BCC recipient. I thought > >

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-21 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Thursday 20 November 2014 14:36:35 Schlacta, Christ wrote: > On Nov 20, 2014 1:58 PM, "Ingo Klöcker" wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 November 2014 22:43:18 MFPA wrote: > > KMail encrypts an individual copy for each BCC recipient. I thought > > Thunderbird+Enigmail would also do this. > > > > Any mail

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-20 Thread Schlacta, Christ
On Nov 20, 2014 1:58 PM, "Ingo Klöcker" wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 November 2014 22:43:18 MFPA wrote: > KMail encrypts an individual copy for each BCC recipient. I thought > Thunderbird+Enigmail would also do this. > > Any mail client not doing this completely subverts BCC (unless --throw-keyids > o

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-20 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Tuesday 18 November 2014 22:43:18 MFPA wrote: > On Tuesday 18 November 2014 at 6:15:57 PM, in > , Mirimir wrote: > > As long as messages were separately encrypted to each > > recipient, no third parties would be involved. > > For an email message with multiple recipients, I think most mail > cl

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Robert J. Hansen
He’s mainly explaining how do you fight spam in a centralized way, and then explain how all the centralized techiques are unusable when using crypto. That’s normal, crypto and decentralization comes together. You need to think according other paradigms. And the point I'm making is this: this set

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread MichaelQuigley
"Gnupg-users" wrote on 11/19/2014 02:30:40 PM: > - Message from "Robert J. Hansen" on Wed, > 19 Nov 2014 12:08:42 -0500 - > > To: > > Nan , gnupg-users@gnupg.org > > Subject: &

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
On 2014-11-19 at 18:17, Robert J. Hansen wrote: N>> I agree with several other important points you raise, but this one is not a big >> deal. I have a highly customized mail setup. My SpamAssassin downloads rules >> from the internet, but trains its Bayesian filter on only the e-mail I >> personal

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Robert J. Hansen
I agree with several other important points you raise, but this one is not a big deal. I have a highly customized mail setup. My SpamAssassin downloads rules from the internet, but trains its Bayesian filter on only the e-mail I personally receive. I don't mean to sound like I'm dismissing your

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Robert J. Hansen
First, "charlatan" and "snake oil" imply deceit. From Google: "A product, policy, etc. of little real worth or value that is promoted as the solution to a problem." So let me say it clearly: your product is of little real worth or value. It's snake oil. It doesn't appear to bring anything to t

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Nan
On 19 Nov 2014 12:28:04 Peter Lebbing wrote: > looks like lighting the fuse *Not* my intent. Just acknowledging that I understand it's important to you, Robert. Feel free to ignore the paragraph. If there's a blast, we'll all survive :) Nan GoodCrypto warning: Anyone could have read this me

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
Le 19/11/2014 à 12h17, Peter Lebbing a écrit : > On 19/11/14 01:31, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> No. Client-side, you get to inspect (fully) only your data, and you >> have to develop a statistical model of spam based on only your data. >> When Gmail filters, it inspects (fully) traffic to *millions

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 19/11/14 09:54, Nan wrote: > First, "charlatan" and "snake oil" imply deceit. They often do, don't they? I doubt that is what is meant, though. If I look in the Oxford online dictionary: Definition of charlatan in English: noun A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill De

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 19/11/14 01:31, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > No. Client-side, you get to inspect (fully) only your data, and you > have to develop a statistical model of spam based on only your data. > When Gmail filters, it inspects (fully) traffic to *millions* of users, > and uses that to create a model no ind

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-19 Thread Nan
Robert, let's try to defuse this. To quote Werner, Salam-Shalom. First, "charlatan" and "snake oil" imply deceit. Goodcrypto: * Is open source * Uses GPG for mail encryption * Links to "The limits of GoodCrypto" right on the front page * Has asked for audits from many people, including:

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
Le 19/11/2014 à 01h31, Robert J. Hansen a écrit : >> It’s completely true. However Mark’s right when saying it could help >> to do it client-side... > > No. Client-side, you get to inspect (fully) only your data, and you > have to develop a statistical model of spam based on only your data. > When

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> It’s completely true. However Mark’s right when saying it could help > to do it client-side... No. Client-side, you get to inspect (fully) only your data, and you have to develop a statistical model of spam based on only your data. When Gmail filters, it inspects (fully) traffic to *millions* o

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
On 2014-11-18 at 17:09, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> Would this not at the same time make it simple for MUAs to discover >> that "this message is not from anyone you say you know. Delete >> without reading?" > > Sure, but that also destroys the email ecosystem. One of email's > strongest points has

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Mirimir
On 11/18/2014 12:21 PM, NdK wrote: > Il 18/11/2014 19:15, Mirimir ha scritto: > >> What distinguishes a mail list from email with bcc? Software? Size? > That you're sending to a *single* address that hides the others. As soon as a recipient replies, their address is no longer hidden. >> As long

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Mirimir
On 11/18/2014 03:43 PM, MFPA wrote: > Hi > > > On Tuesday 18 November 2014 at 6:15:57 PM, in > , Mirimir wrote: > > >> As long as messages were separately encrypted to each >> recipient, no third parties would be involved. > > For an email message with multiple recipients, I think most mail >

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Tuesday 18 November 2014 at 6:15:57 PM, in , Mirimir wrote: > As long as messages were separately encrypted to each > recipient, no third parties would be involved. For an email message with multiple recipients, I think most mail clients a

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
The "third party" you don't trust is your own sysadmin. That person already has access to the plain text messages right now. So does everyone tapping your connections. We suggest that you limit that risk to the sysadmin you already trust. You're introducing a single point of failure -- and a SPO

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Matthias Mansfeld
Zitat von "Mark H. Wood" : [...] This raises an interesting point. If I bequeath my collected letters to someone, how do I arrange the transmission of the necessary passphrases as well? I wonder if the lawyer who draws up my will would even understand the question. If we want to leave our s

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread NdK
Il 18/11/2014 19:15, Mirimir ha scritto: > What distinguishes a mail list from email with bcc? Software? Size? That you're sending to a *single* address that hides the others. > As long as messages were separately encrypted to each recipient, no > third parties would be involved. But: 1) you shou

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
On 2014-11-18 16:34, Nan wrote: > Alexandre, do you really believe that anyone could "deserve to remain a > slave"? In the meaning “it’s normal/understandable/explainable to be a slave if you want freedom without doing nothing to get it while other want you not to be”, yes. But all the importanc

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
>> ClawsMail, Thunderbird, etc. > > People usually don't want to change mail clients. Most have no idea > how to configure crypto or manage keys. They’re just the default and almost more used MUA. If you exclude proprietary software and SaaSS (webmail). But asking for privacy using proprietary se

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 01:49:01PM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote: [snip] > The crypto dream is that the confidentiality of our messages will be > preserved for centuries after our death, which sounds really great up > until you consider what an archaeologist circa 4000 AD is going to be > thinki

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Nan
Thanks, Kristian. I will look into it. GoodCrypto warning: Anyone could have read this message. Use encryption, it works. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 11/18/2014 06:30 PM, Nan wrote: >> third party -- your mailserver administrator > > The "third party" you don't trust is your own sysadmin. That > person already has access to the plain text messages right now. So > does everyone tapping your con

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Mirimir
What distinguishes a mail list from email with bcc? Software? Size? As long as messages were separately encrypted to each recipient, no third parties would be involved. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/li

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Nan
> third party -- your mailserver administrator The "third party" you don't trust is your own sysadmin. That person already has access to the plain text messages right now. So does everyone tapping your connections. We suggest that you limit that risk to the sysadmin you already trust. > te

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Would this not at the same time make it simple for MUAs to discover that "this message is not from anyone you say you know. Delete without reading?" Sure, but that also destroys the email ecosystem. One of email's strongest points has been that no introduction is necessary to begin a conversat

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Nan
Alexandre, do you really believe that anyone could "deserve to remain a slave"? Assuming you don't, I'll address your calmer points. > mygroup.org can be corrupted, menaced or cracked. Sure, a server is a single point of failure for the group, and must be carefully configured and protected. I

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Mark H. Wood
It's time to expose my ignorance again, hopefully to cure some of it. On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:02:07PM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > But sorry, I disagree a little bit. If we want literally to jam the > > secret service's attempts to decrypt mails, then it makes sense to use > > encryption

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
On 2014-11-18 at 10:43, Nan wrote: >> If you're running the mailserver and you can decrypt my secured messages, >> then there's >> nothing preventing the federal government from serving you with a subpoena >> saying, >> "please hand over the encryption keys." > > I agree. A third party should n

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
I agree. A third party should never handle the filtering of mail. If my email is n...@mygroup.org, then mygroup.org handles the encryption, decryption, spam filtering, etc. A third party -- your mailserver administrator -- should never handle the decryption or signing. (There may be a couple of

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Ville Määttä
UX-designer-aproach to car design: "We need to remove break and clutch pedals from cars because our user studies say that a 3 pedal interface for driving an automobile is just way too difficult." I say those who can’t be arsed to learn how, do not deserve a driver’s license. You let a child fa

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Damien Goutte-Gattat
On 11/17/2014 09:30 PM, Nan wrote: > I think you'll find this has been solved for years. The solution is PGP/etc. between mail servers, and TLS/SSL to the user. Why use PGP between mail servers? SSL/TLS can be used for that, too. Actually, opportunistic server-to-server TLS is supported by many ma

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-18 Thread Nan
Hi Robert, > Given that I've seen PGP-signed spam mails, no, I think you're being naive. You use the same antispam/antivirus you use now. What people do today is a little complex, so I understand why it's not clear: your mail server -> your crypto server (decrypts) -> your mail server (ant

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
On 2014-11-17 at 18:02, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> But sorry, I disagree a little bit. If we want literally to jam the >> secret service's attempts to decrypt mails, then it makes sense to use >> encryption for every single mail, private, business, nonsense and spam > > This would have the ulti

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Well, no. The crypto dream is that powerful people will stop being able to retrieve lot of informations on why they exerce power on, and that these people will be able to inform and communicate in a decentralized, horizontal and autonomous manner wathever this autority wants. Oh, please. If I t

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Garreau, Alexandre
On 2014-11-17 at 19:49, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> Most of the technical reasons can be bypassed by making a single >> subscriber key (public and private) available as a part of the >> subscription process, but that eliminates most of the technical >> advantages of encryption, so it's really a moot

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
I think you'll find this has been solved for years. The solution is PGP/etc. between mail servers, and TLS/SSL to the user. Given that I've seen PGP-signed spam mails, no, I think you're being naive. Solutions like GoodCrypto integrate with your existing mail server. Then I don't want it. I

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Nan
Hi Robert, >This would have the ultimate effect of destroying email as a platform. . . >antispam . . . malware I think you'll find this has been solved for years. The solution is PGP/etc. between mail servers, and TLS/SSL to the user. Solutions like GoodCrypto integrate with your existing ma

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Johan Wevers
On 17-11-2014 17:10, Matthias Mansfeld wrote: > But sorry, I disagree a little bit. If we want literally to jam the > secret service's attempts to decrypt mails, then it makes sense to use > encryption for every single mail, private, business, nonsense and spam Makes spam filtering a lot hard

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Most of the technical reasons can be bypassed by making a single subscriber key (public and private) available as a part of the subscription process, but that eliminates most of the technical advantages of encryption, so it's really a moot point. It also means there's pretty much no point in kee

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Schlacta, Christ
I wouldn't say invite only. Contrarywise, when you send the subscribe email, in the immediate, automatic response would be the public and private key, optionally encrypted to the recipient. Open enrollment, public availability. Just making the data obfuscated in transit. On Nov 17, 2014 10:15 AM, "

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:48, aarc...@aarcane.org said: > Most of the technical reasons can be bypassed by making a single subscriber > key (public and private) available as a part of the subscription process, And by that you would disrupt the open discussion and knowledge culture and return to an in

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless? (was: Re: GPG API: Open Crypto Engine)

2014-11-17 Thread Schlacta, Christ
Most of the technical reasons can be bypassed by making a single subscriber key (public and private) available as a part of the subscription process, but that eliminates most of the technical advantages of encryption, so it's really a moot point. On Nov 17, 2014 8:52 AM, "Matthias Mansfeld" < m.man

Re: Encryption on Mailing lists sensless?

2014-11-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
But sorry, I disagree a little bit. If we want literally to jam the secret service's attempts to decrypt mails, then it makes sense to use encryption for every single mail, private, business, nonsense and spam This would have the ultimate effect of destroying email as a platform. Email work

Encryption on Mailing lists sensless? (was: Re: GPG API: Open Crypto Engine)

2014-11-17 Thread Matthias Mansfeld
Zitat von Werner Koch : On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:33, n...@goodcrypto.com said: GoodCrypto warning: Anyone could have read this message. Use encryption, it works. That does not make any sense on a public mailling list. We write here for the public - it is non-encrypted for a purpose. scnr,