Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP & Thunderbird 78.2.0

Mark <[email protected]> Tue, 8 Sep 2020 16:09:57 -0700
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Thanks for the explanation of how pEp is connected to this. I do have a
few other questions that hopefully you will answer.

1) What does the pEp addon do in addition to or better than the built in
OpenPGP? In other words what are the advantages to installing this
add-on over the built in support? =C2=A0

2) Can you explain the differences between pEp junior and classic modes?

I didn't really see these answered in the FAQ

Thanks


On 9/7/2020 10:40 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> On 07.09.2020 21:55, Phil Kane wrote:
>> On 9/6/2020 11:35 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
>>
>>> pEp for Thunderbird is not Enigmail. You won't receive an Enigmail
>>> version that will work with TB 78.
>> If that is the case, just what is pEp?  What does it replace?
> The main idea of pEp is to provide message security without bothering
> the user as much as possible. User should not need to deal with key
> management and should not need to care to enable encryption manually.
>
> If you want to know what pEp is, then read the following:
> https://www.pep.security/en/faq/
>
> Enigmail 2.0 and 2.1 contains a pEp Junior Mode. In this mode, Enigmail
> uses the pEp engine for crypto-operations, and the user interface is
> reduced to a very small set of security indicators and dialogs.
>
> As Enigmail will not support TB 78, the pEp developers decided to create
> their own add-on from scratch. The add-on is the quasi-continuation of
> the pEp Junior Mode. Those who use Enigmail in the pEp Junior Mode are
> offered to move to that new pEp for Thunderbird addon instead of being
> migrated to OpenPGP in Thunderbird.
>
> -Patrick
>
>
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    <p>Thanks for the explanation of how pEp is connected to this. I do
      have a few other questions that hopefully you will answer.</p>
    <p>1) What does the pEp addon do in addition to or better than the
      built in OpenPGP? In other words what are the advantages to
      installing this add-on over the built in support? =C2=A0 <br>
    </p>
    <p>2) Can you explain the differences between pEp junior and classic
      modes? <br>
    </p>
    <p>I didn't really see these answered in the FAQ <br>
    </p>
    <p>Thanks<br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 9/7/2020 10:40 PM, Patrick
      Brunschwig wrote:<br>
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      cite=3D"mid:[email protected]">
      <pre class=3D"moz-quote-pre" wrap=3D"">On 07.09.2020 21:55, Phil Kan=
e wrote:
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        <pre class=3D"moz-quote-pre" wrap=3D"">On 9/6/2020 11:35 PM, Patri=
ck Brunschwig wrote:

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          <pre class=3D"moz-quote-pre" wrap=3D"">pEp for Thunderbird is no=
t Enigmail. You won't receive an Enigmail
version that will work with TB 78.
</pre>
        </blockquote>
        <pre class=3D"moz-quote-pre" wrap=3D"">
If that is the case, just what is pEp?  What does it replace?
</pre>
      </blockquote>
      <pre class=3D"moz-quote-pre" wrap=3D"">
The main idea of pEp is to provide message security without bothering
the user as much as possible. User should not need to deal with key
management and should not need to care to enable encryption manually.

If you want to know what pEp is, then read the following:
<a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https://www.pep.security/en/faq=
/">https://www.pep.security/en/faq/</a>

Enigmail 2.0 and 2.1 contains a pEp Junior Mode. In this mode, Enigmail
uses the pEp engine for crypto-operations, and the user interface is
reduced to a very small set of security indicators and dialogs.

As Enigmail will not support TB 78, the pEp developers decided to create
their own add-on from scratch. The add-on is the quasi-continuation of
the pEp Junior Mode. Those who use Enigmail in the pEp Junior Mode are
offered to move to that new pEp for Thunderbird addon instead of being
migrated to OpenPGP in Thunderbird.

-Patrick

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