Subj : Re: Decoding this...
To   : Bbsing.Bbs
From : Vk3jed
Date : Fri Aug 02 2019 08:06 pm

-=> On 08-01-19 21:34, Bbsing.Bbs wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Bb> As many public keys you have, .. maybe you scraped/captures them from
 Bb> bbses or other places, any public key contained in the encrypted
 Bb> message, will allow all those with matching private keys to
 Bb> view/decrypt the message.

Hmm, OK. :)  So multiplie ciphertexts, each a copy of the same plaintext

 Bb> This means offline mail reader or something like that.
 Bb> The problem with private keys is they can't get into the possession of
 Bb> anyone but the owner, otherwise there is no non-repudiation! That is
 Bb> really important, and it has been mentioned in another post at some
 Bb> point about Proton mail and ... I think it was keybase.

Offline mail does work well for PGP/GPG.  I used to have a PGP add-on for
Bluewave back in the day.  A similar add-on could work for GPG and Multimail. 
It hooked the editor, the offline reader would call the encryption system, and
if you wanted to write a message, the system would then pass control to the
actual editor.

 Bb> The short is .. on  a bbs, like old school types, I don't know how it
 Bb> would work for that. I think there are ways, like software to create an
 Bb> encrypted tunnel into a stateless container that is only active for the
 Bb> time when the user is decrypting and reading the message.

Yeah, good question. :)


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