Re: [Evolution] how many people actually use pgp over gpg, and why?

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

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
> >
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