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From: Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>
To: Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es>
Cc: , info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Subject of PGP-encrypted emails
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:50:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zgsvqpb6.fsf@yandex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tuj3s5cv.fsf@eps142.cdf.udc.es> (Alberto Luaces's message of "Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:18:24 +0200")

>>>>> Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> writes:

    > Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
    >> Hello Alberto,
    >>>>>>> Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> writes:
    >> 
    >> > Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes: >> Doesn't autocrypt
    >> use the Web Key Directory (WKD) for PGP keys?  >> This seems a
    >> pain to set up <https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKD>.
    >> 
    >> > AFAIK it doesn't, since everything is encoded into the
    >> message's > headers.  I have been using it without any WKD setup.
    >> 
    >> > Nevertheless, that fact doesn't rule out that it can be used,
    >> but > I never heard about it.
    >> 
    >> Ok, my mistake. My question is getting to be a little off-topic,
    >> but if WKD is not used then how is the key for a new recipient
    >> automatically located?

    > No problem.  It is a discovery protocol, so it grows stronger —so
    > to say— as far as the communication evolves.  You start sending a
    > message in the clear, but offer your key in the headers, so it is
    > automatically collected and used by your interlocutor in the
    > following messages.  Of course you have also to have an
    > out-of-band mean of verifying the identity of the other party.

    > Maybe I lost some details or explained it incorrectly, so here you
    > will find the idea: https://autocrypt.org/examples.html

I like the idea of sending the key in a header, with subsequent
automatic exchanges. That is very nice. :-)

Best wishes,

Colin.


      reply	other threads:[~2021-09-02  9:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-03 18:05 Adam Sjøgren
2021-08-04  7:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-02  7:47   ` Alberto Luaces
2021-09-02  8:38     ` Colin Baxter
2021-09-02  8:55       ` Alberto Luaces
2021-09-02  9:11         ` Colin Baxter
2021-09-02  9:18           ` Alberto Luaces
2021-09-02  9:50             ` Colin Baxter [this message]

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