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Re: [openpgp] Intent to deprecate: Insecure primitives

Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com> Wed, 18 March 2015 22:39 UTC

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
To: Falcon Darkstar Momot <falcon@iridiumlinux.org>
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Intent to deprecate: Insecure primitives
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The software works fine. The user has either lost the secret key 
file or has forgotten the passphrase. I don't know a technical 
solution, particularly to the 2nd problem. Any suggestions?

Cheers - Bill

On 3/18/15 at 12:23 AM, falcon@iridiumlinux.org (Falcon Darkstar 
Momot) wrote:

>No!  This is the kind of attitude that got OpenPGP into its current
>usability mess!
>
>On 17/03/2015 16:11, Bill Frantz wrote:
>>> But frankly I'd like my encryption software to just maintain the ability
>>> to decrypt it later.
>>
>>Well, the problem isn't the software. It is the user.
>>
>>Cheers - Bill
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