[lamps] cryptographic envelope/cryptographic payload in e-mail

Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Thu, 19 July 2018 22:13 UTC

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Russ asked me to send a pointer to my description of the distinction
between a "cryptographic envelope" and "cryptographic payload".

You can find it online here:

  https://dkg.fifthhorseman.net/blog/e-mail-cryptography.html

It also includes discussion of user agent UI/UX concerns, which are not
typical IETF fare.

And i'm attaching the source markdown so that it's all on IETF
infrastructure for discussion as well, but feel free to respond only to
the parts that you think are relevant to the IETF.

               --dkg