-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 17.03.15 20:00, Anne Wilson wrote:
> +1. Perhaps Patrick could point us to a beginners' guide detailing > the differences? Inline-PGP: The traditional method. It dates back to the 90s. The ciphertext replaces the plain text of a mail. Attachments were not part of the plan, and had to be signed/encrypted manually and then attached. Later, good mail clients learnt to deal with them and could sign/encrypt them independently and put the mail together automatically. Signed mail can be read using mail clients not aware of the OpenPGP content. Signed (not encrypted) HTML content is problematic, signature failures happen frequently. PGP/MIME: Standardized way (RFC 3156) to deal with signed/encrypted OpenPGP content regardless of the presence of attachments. Puts the signed/encrypted content in an attachment. The signature covers text and attachments. The mail body itself is empty or has a simple explanatory sentence. Only PGP/MIME-capable mail clients can display signed mail. Most modern mail clients support this standard, however, the most important that does not is Microsoft Outlook. HTML content is covered perfectly. Neither of the standards can encrypt mail headers including the subject. Hope I didn't forget anything... HTH Ludwig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVCI0LAAoJEDrb+m0Aoeb+VJYQAJv0xf4XWqsmLj9WW9msgPoh vZ1BtnGiNceo5Ntr21vgZ081Le8iJlkREIAWipEI45O2x1w5eH+ZzY0if5rZpBL3 xSr7h8HNMmulSMU1TUWD/TEmuj+MWJInGMt/ogWTHSu2arjNTj7zfaGx0bG7dIvy 3qLXQKe44ULmFczaGUlBXew/4ZQ2obgD0f4m5o/NDwxRPI9+Zp1q1SWz3Y2sGmfy TC79TxYwwYxRKh7/9EmxLNktOViG2b74ZU9UgnDIyWOeWy2UzL3r3D+a4Wo5C2z1 OT1bpISKj1OnNp5SQINtyc0fn7UzLFzoomL4QvIiJ6bEdTVZVV42SrM0bG0h6coA JVoqswDgIcywRgKU1p9HsUTTHKNhxBw1x8VMg0trQkFqKd2K817V/r1DGLhRTeqp tcgxqqHHRaiI1osL5PmGYEc/SfEVIvsgEsz2uakSREe27DIXGkz0+W5WAA5UV+Vp 8Q1OL6cB3epJrlfApiqMN2gul1MWQjBWv1oIhV/plooecjiABRm00cdEYALts9e4 fOvwTeaAE4hpPuLGt2sLjmBkWTe4jfup5ZrgwIgiihMwT1BI6B9smChPxbgkRfjE 5JHT6yS7Bt3dlFfYsfG8hGAr/DOTZRVqkC8fB7b0fDqqcaWA9tzOBDsCV17gownL CkwUKqUlCpuHVteqMiYX =doUC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
