Subj : Re: FTN-style mailers/re
To   : Ogg
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Dec 21 2024 09:28 am

-=> Ogg wrote to deon <=-

 Og> Hello deon!

 d> Hmm, I've actually thought about adding PGP support to
 d> clrghouz, but I've been held back by two things: * An easy
 d> way to create/read PGP signed messages, openxp might be
 d> easy, but not sure what PGP "doors"/"plugins" exist for
 d> BBSes that most folks use? * A valid use case

 Og> Doesn't really make sense to have PGP "doors" on a BBS.  The
 Og> whole point of PGP-privacy is local control of block generation
 Og> and decryption.

I'd think that TLS on transport and full-disk encryption might check
some security boxes with less effort.

FYI, some networks, Fido, especially, forbid encrypted in-transit mail -
mostly because of the issues with hubs having to route content that they
fear might be illegal. Although, those concerns are probably archaic,
seeing as many people crash destinations instead of routing mail, since
we're mostly internet accessible these days.

 Og> Yes.. OpenXP can handle in-line PGP blocks in netmail quite
 Og> well.  Based on the existence of the U,ENC flags in the
 Og> nodelist, encrypted netmails seem to be well supported in Z2,
 Og> but not anywhere else.

I stand corrected.   :)


 
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