>Er... I heard there was some address book refactoring going on, so I
>thought I'd float this idea.
>
>Why do address book entries not have a field for "Encryption key" and a
>preference "automatically encrypt mail to this user" (enabled only when
>we've got plug-in crypto from e.g.
>http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22687 or (later) S/MIME.) This
>would make it an order-of-magnitude easier for crypto to become the norm
>rather than the exception for email, and make the world a more secure
>place.
>
I agree, i like the idea.
I can add another attribute to the nsIAbCard
interface, 'encryptionKey', even if its not
implemented yet its better to change the interface
now, if it makes sense to others on mail-news.
(i am involved in the group that is refactoring
the address book).
My knowledge of crypto stuff is limited, but I
presume the key data type is just a string?
It would also, just got me thinking!, be useful
to have a URI pointing to a user's calendar for
integration with future calendaring support.
>If this were in place, we could do cool UI stuff like "harvest encryption
>key" - enter a URL and it'll find the PGP key and add it to the address
>book - and so on and so on.
>
'harvest encryption key'? wot is that?
Any links?
Paul.
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