[Enigmail] Default encryption key.

Charly Avital shavital at mac.com
Mon Jun 2 20:29:42 PDT 2008


John Clizbe wrote the following on 6/2/08 5:49 PM:
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> 
> Obscuring key IDs serves little purpose for security though it does hinder folks
> from pointing out obvious errors.

I was not trying to obscure anything, I was just pointing out that I was
using the "long" key ID format (16 hexadecimal...).

Here's the key ID, 36EDFED0A57A8EFA

> 
> You do have those lines *without* the leading -- in gpg.conf, right?

Yes, thanks for pointing out that.

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> 
> I hope you mean gpg.conf in that last sentence. Anyway...

Yes, gpg.conf. A thousand excuses for that mistype.

> 
> Enigmail knows *nothing* of the options in gpg.conf. 
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This last sentence would have been more than sufficient, but I thank you
for your extensive answer.

Charly


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