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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:00:04 +0100
From: Nick Boyce <nick.boyce@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Enigmail warning
On 18 August 2014 07:22, Henri Salo <henri@...v.fi> wrote:
> http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/forum/support/thread/3e7268a4/
> Quote from thread below:
> Enigmail 1.7 is completely broken for my purposes.
> Steps to reproduce the problem:
>
> 1) Write an email in TB.
> 2) Ensure "Force encryption" in Enigmail.
> 3) Ensure "Force signing" in Enigmail.
> 4) Recheck encryption and signing settings... OK.
> 5) Send the email.
> 6) Look at the received email. OOPS. It is NOT signed
> and NOT encrypted.
Um ... I see from the Enigmail "Announcements" forum [1] that some
major changes have been made to the package over the last 24 months:
specifically a decision was made to replace older C++ code (with
maintainability issues) by new pure Javascript code, thus hopefully
achieving platform, GPG and TB version independence
You can see how that sort of upheaval in the codebase might result in
horrible problems like this.
[ I switched away from TB to Claws/Kmail some time ago, so this is all
news to me, but up till that point the behaviour of TB V3 - 10 and
Enigmail 1.0/1 in encrypting my mail was never less than excellent for
me. ]
More relevantly, the (primary ?) author specifically asked [2] for
testers to step up and test the new Javascript version thoroughly
"In order to reduce the risk of severe errors in
the release versions, I will regularly ask for help
in testing after I completed such changes."
which leaves me wondering how many stepped up to perform that task. It
would be interesting - and maybe alarming - to know.
[1] http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/forum/announce/
[2] https://www.enigmail.net/list_archive/2012-January/014667.html
Nick
--
"Bob has a problem requiring secure communication.
He decides to use certificates.
Now Bob has two problems."
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