Subj : Re: Decoding this...
To   : Bbsing.Bbs
From : Vk3jed
Date : Thu Aug 08 2019 12:38 pm

-=> On 08-02-19 23:48, Bbsing.Bbs wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 -=> Vk3jed wrote to Bbsing.Bbs <=-


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

 Bb> No.., one cyber text, but within the encoded message exists multiple
 Bb> public keys.
 Bb> I haven't tried to actually identify a public key in a cyber text
 Bb> message outside of the gnugp functions. .. you can imagine though, the
 Bb> more public keys aka recipients, the larger the cyber text message can
 Bb> get.

But given that encryption is normally done by a combination of public and
private keys in pairs, how does that work?


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

 Bb> I have not tried bluewave yet.

I should have a working PGP/Bluewave setup in my old backups somewhere.  Have
to see if it can be tweaked to use GPG.

 Bb> VK, you doing anything with encryption these days?

No, though I have the capability using Enigmail on Thunderbird, and a personal
gated feed for this echo.


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