[9front] marshal(1) and pgp

[9front] marshal(1) and pgp

[chris]

marshal(1) advertises the -pe and -ps flags to encrypt/sign the input.

The flags are indeed implemented (/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/marshal.c:389) using
a /bin/pgp (/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/marshal.c:1171) .

Does anyone know what this pgp exec is? Some historic relict?

I'm only aware of moody's https://github.com/majiru/pgp .

I see three options:
1. Remove those flags since there is no real standard pgp
2. Define/Ship a standard pgp for 9front
3. Move pgp logic into it's own more independent component
	to be piped or offered through the mail client
	(like an extra nedmail option or something like that)
	(a better architecture?)
	
I would work out a patch if an appropiate solution is found.

I'm currently using moodys pgp with a patched marshal. Regarding 2.,
I don't think that the golang pgp implemenation would really fit into
the 9front release, since this would be the first golang project to
be part of the standard build.

Feel free to comment.

chris

Re: [9front] marshal(1) and pgp

[Stanley Lieber]

https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=114344225501836&w=2

i used to have this pgp 2.6.2 code, but evidently i've lost it. my recollection is that at the time i tried it out, it crashed a lot and didn't really work.

i alao have a vague recollection of an unfinished port of gnupg, but i can't remember who started it.

sl

Re: [9front] marshal(1) and pgp

[mkf9]

take a look at contrib, I recall some version did existed there.

walk contrib | grep '(ppg|gpg)'

Oct 5, 2024 4:33:56 PM chris@chrisfroeschl.de:

> marshal(1) advertises the -pe and -ps flags to encrypt/sign the input.
>
> The flags are indeed implemented 
> (/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/marshal.c:389) using
> a /bin/pgp (/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/marshal.c:1171) .
>
> Does anyone know what this pgp exec is? Some historic relict?
>
> I'm only aware of moody's https://github.com/majiru/pgp .
>
> I see three options:
> 1. Remove those flags since there is no real standard pgp
> 2. Define/Ship a standard pgp for 9front
> 3. Move pgp logic into it's own more independent component
>     to be piped or offered through the mail client
>     (like an extra nedmail option or something like that)
>     (a better architecture?)
>    
> I would work out a patch if an appropiate solution is found.
>
> I'm currently using moodys pgp with a patched marshal. Regarding 2.,
> I don't think that the golang pgp implemenation would really fit into
> the 9front release, since this would be the first golang project to
> be part of the standard build.
>
> Feel free to comment.
>
> chris