Re:PGP needs to be retired in honor
by skrowl on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:14PM
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Quite a few listed here - https://alternativeto.net/software/gnupg/
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This is an unvetted list of random programs that claim to perform this- or that- cryptographic operation; it's not really helpful.
Re:PGP needs to be retired in honor
by twothamendment on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:49PM
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There are quite a few things listed there, but I fail to see one that looks like a replacement for PGP. Many are some form of PGP compatible encryption - some different platforms Android(AGP), Windows(GPG4Win, Fort) Apple(GPG Suite for apple mail). Some will only encrypt files with a password, others encrypt your disk. There might be some good software there, but I don't see anything that can replace PGP/GnuPG.
Using PGP/GnuPG isn't always easy, but it works for so many things. Signing code, encrypting files, emails, signing messages - replacing it is a fairly high bar.
I'd love to see encryption easy and used everywhere, but a few popular apps don't add up to replacing this old work horse.
check out opmsg how it achieves compatibility with gnupg and imagine a tool that actually looks like gpg but figures out which crypto backend to call.
Interesting project, but I'd personally want to see a lot more involvement and vetting from the crypto community at large. Especially when it creates new protocols like DH key exchange over email.