Update on post-quantum encryption thread: I have set up an experimental plugin based on Enigmail and CodeCrypt, with instructions at https://annealmail.github.io
Use at your own risk, and only enable one plugin at a time in case there are complications. Please send me any feedback off-list. Regards, Nick Doiron On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Robert J. Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > > At the start of the year, I read that the NSA (which is doing serious > > R&D in this field) recommended taking post-quantum computing more > seriously: > > https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/02/more_details_on_2.html > > Great. Take a look at this line from them: > > "Given the level of interest in the cryptographic community, we hope > that there will be quantum resistant algorithms widely available in the > next decade. NSA does not recommend implementing or using non-standard > algorithms, and the field of quantum resistant cryptography is no > exception." > > Right now there are zero standards for QRC. If we were to implement it, > I hope our users would have the good sense to revolt and switch to > Mailpile. > > Once there are standards and those standards are incorporated into the > OpenPGP RFCs, we'll support it -- but not sooner. > > > I've been reading up on this, but yet to find people integrating these > > tools into real applications. > > "NSA does not recommend ... using non-standard algorithms, and the field > of quantum resistant cryptography is no exception." > > Proceed at your own risk: you've been warned. > > > or cryptographer, the best way that I can help is adapt the Enigmail > > code to generate e-mail signatures from one of these systems. > > You're free to run your own fork of Enigmail if you want, but we're not > going to have anything to do with QRC for the time being, not even if > you send us patches. :) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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