Am 14.06.2016 um 07:36 schrieb Patrick Brunschwig: > On 14.06.16 07:17, Nick Doiron wrote: >> Hey, >> >> I've used EnigMail on and off for a few years, but this is my first time >> posting to the list. >> I was reading up on quantum computing, and started trying out codecrypt >> (https://github.com/exaexa/codecrypt), a signing and encryption tool >> based on several quantum-computing-resistant methods. Its command-line >> tool (ccr) is designed to have the same commands and interface as the >> gpg command line. >> >> I downloaded the source code for EnigMail, hoping that I could just swap >> gpg and ccr, but EnigMail talks to the gpg-agent key manager and >> codecrypt doesn't appear to have an equivalent. If anyone's interested >> in quantum computers and wants a closer look at this, please let me know >> and I'll follow up. I figure that since the encryption part is done and >> it's based on gpg, adding a gpg-agent -type program won't be as hard as >> it sounds. > > The parameters that ccr uses are similar, but still different to the > parameters that gpg would use. Ccr would not understand *all* parameters > that Enigmail passes to gpg. > > In addition, it seems that the output of ccr is not comparable to the > output produced by gpg. In other words, even if you manage to convince > Enigmail to execute a command with ccr, Enigmail would not be able to > understand the results that ccr returns. > > "GnuPG-like" is just not enough. > If this turns out to be useful, would you consider supporting it alternatively?
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