On 18.06.16 23:06, Thomas Hotz wrote:
> 
> 
> 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?

Enigmail is a Thunderbird plugin to add *OpenPGP* encryption. It is not
a plugin for any-type-of-encryption.

If Post-Quantum Crypto will one day be part of the OpenPGP standard, it
will be supported by Enigmail, otherwise it won't.

-Patrick


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