Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
> relyea wrote:
>
> > In fact the
> > hard part of S/MIME support isn't displaying pkcs #7 data, it's including
> > all the relevent UI associated with sending and identifying signed and
> > encrypted mail.
>
> Really? I don't think so. You just need
> - in the Composer
> - 2 checkboxes for signature and encryption
> - maybe a drop-down to select a cert, if there is more than one for
> the current identity (name / email address)
Remember that for encrypted messages, you need the cert of each person who
is an intended recipient. Using a browser is OK to read signed messages,
but I think to read encrypted messages you're better off using S/MIME.
> - in the viewer
> - an icon to show encryption / signature and its properties (strength
> / verification succeeded)
and the cert chain.
> The harder part is
> - hooking it up with PSM, including creating and parsing S/MIME msgs,
> i.e. the Mailnews backend.
> - The cert management UI (OK, not so hard for S/MIME, much harder for PGP)
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