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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