GnuPG is the free-software implementation of the popular PGP programs by NAI. As far as I know, they should be compatable since they both follow the same set of specifications.
You might be able to find out more at http://www.gnupg.org Hope that helps, Jeff On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 23:59, John Weber wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't used either GPG or PGP, but I may need to soon. I'll be > working in a M$ environment (I'll stick with linux/evolution, I hope). > My question is: What are the compatibility issues between the two? Are > they interchangeable? I notice the evo docs talk about GPG, but the > tools->Mail settings->Evolution account editor->Security tab has PGP. Is > GPG the open source implementation of PGP? The company has not yet > implemented any encryption and I'll be setting up the VPN and may end up > having some input which of PGP or GPG to use. > > Any clarification is appreciated or point me to a good doc to read. > > Thanks, > John > > > On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 18:04, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > I have just recently rewritten support for gnupg using the --status-fd > > and --command-fd options so that we get a more interactive gnupg session > > presented to the user. > > > > This means that when you decrypt a message, we will be able to prompt > > for a specific key rather than just saying "Please enter your GnuPG > > passphrase" which I know a number of people complained about (they had > > multiple keys). > > > > Unfortunately, pgp5 and pgp6 do not support these interfaces and in fact > > make it a bloody pain to use them at all. I've just recently discovered > > that pgp6 in batch mode will prompt for the passphrase on stdout if the > > passphrase sent to it's passphrase fd is invalid. This causes Evolution > > to hang indefinetely and there is no easy way to fix this. > > > > My feelings are that since Network Associates is no longer supporting > > their pgp software and because it is such a royal pain to work with in > > Evolution, that it is probably better if we remove support for it. If > > you are dead-set on using pgp5 or pgp6 and refuse to use gnupg, you > > should speak up now or I am going to remove support for them in > > Evolution 1.1.x. I would also like to know why you won't use gnupg. > > > > Jeff > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > -- > John S. Weber > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.users.qwest.net/~weberjohns > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
