Re: [Sml] SML BoF / pEp Use Cases

[Hans-Joerg Happel <[e-mail]>]

Hi Bernie,

thanks for pointing to pEp!

I did not yet have time to dig too deeply into the documents you 
reference, but the things you mention could certainly be use cases of 
structured email.

Would you like to present some slides at the BoF on Tuesday?

Thanks and best,
Hans-Joerg

ps.: I esp. tried to grasp the details of key sychronization (2), but 
failed to find at which of the process steps (email) messages are used 
by now. In particular, how do you "address" the different devices in 
case they are all using the same email account?

Beyond that: are there implementations of (1-3) already, and how do they 
work by now

On 25.03.23 01:11, Bernie Hoeneisen wrote:
> Dear SML List,
>
> As I understand SML (Structured Email), in pEp [1] we have some Use 
> Cases that may fit into SML. In the following a short description:
>
> 1) Process Attached PGP Key
>
> One Use case may be, where a (PGP) key is attached to an email. By 
> default the attached Key shall not be shown to the User (as this leads 
> to bad UX). The Key shall rather be automatically processed by the 
> client as described in 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-pep-email
>
>
> 2) Private Key Synchronization
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-pep-keysync specifies a 
> protocol to securely set up a trusted channel to exchange private key 
> information among clients belonging the same users in a decentralized 
> manner. The messages for setting up the trusted channel and exchanging 
> keys over said channel need to be processed automatically and shall 
> not be shown to the user.
>
> 3) Key Reset
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-pep-keyreset specifies a 
> protocol to reset (revoke/replace) Keys. This protocol contains means 
> for distributing such information to be automatically processed by the 
> clients.
>
> Looking forward to your feedback on whether or not these Use Cases are 
> in scope of SML.
>
> cheers,
>  Bernie, pEp Foundation
>
> [1] https://pep.foundation/pEp-software/
>
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