Re: [Standards] OpenPGP and XEP-0027

2015-07-31 Thread Daniele Ricci
Hello Goffi, XEP-0027 has serious security concerns, especially regarding reply attacks and key verification (you can read those in the Security considerations paragraph of the XEP). It's true that a real replacement hasn't been drafted yet (there are some drafts, but nothing really definitive or

[Standards] OpenPGP and XEP-0027

2015-07-31 Thread Goffi
G'day, I have a few questions about OpenPGP. XEP-0027 has been obsoleted by council on 26/03/2014, but I can't see no explanation. OpenPGP is not the best for instant messaging (and OTR is the de facto standard), but still it's interesting for normal messages (e.g. with an SMTP gateway),

Re: [Standards] OpenPGP and XEP-0027

2015-07-31 Thread Goffi
On 31/07/2015 10:27, Daniele Ricci wrote: Hello Goffi, XEP-0027 has serious security concerns, especially regarding reply attacks and key verification (you can read those in the Security considerations paragraph of the XEP). It's true that a real replacement hasn't been drafted yet (there are