[JDEV] Signed & encrypted messages

[Mathew Johnston]

I know :) I simpley meant that it was being addressed. I wasn't aware of
any other possible options for encrpytion support, but I'd be quite open
to supporting other ideas :)

Again, didn't mean to be presumptuous :)

Mathew Johnston.


On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 10:28:59PM -0400, Julian Missig wrote:
> Right. But he asked "either digitally signed messages, or encrypted messages
> (where the message itself is encrypted ..."
> 
> So I believe what I gave him is adequate for now :)
> 
> And "is being resolved" ... well, we haven't even decided if that format is
> the one we'll use... it probably is, but it's not like it has been even
> formally approved as a draft protocol yet, let alone supported by the major
> clients... so it's still a little ways off.
> 
> Julian
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mathew Johnston" <johnston at megaepic.com>
> To: <jdev at jabber.org>
> Sent: Saturday, 26 May, 2001 21:17
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Signed & encrypted messages
> 
> 
> > While the current encryption support covers encrypted text messages, it
> > does not include the encryption of anything else - no URL encryption, etc.
> >
> > That means that extentions (stuff that goes in the <x> element) don't have
> > a standard mechanism for encryption or signing; this is a serious
> limitation,
> > and one that's being resolved.
> >
> > Mathew Johnston
> >
> > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 02:11:36PM -0400, Julian Missig wrote:
> > > Documentation is here:
> > > http://docs.jabber.org/draft-proto/html/pki.html
> > >
> > > Several clients, including WinJab, Jarl, and my favorite ( ;) ) Gabber,
> > > already support encrypting and/or signing messages via GPG or PGP.
> > >
> > > Julian
> > >
> > > On 26 May 2001 16:31:37 +0100, Al Sutton wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've been digging around and not found any information on representing
> > > > either digitally signed messages, or encrypted messages (where the
> message
> > > > itself is encrypted and thus doesn't need a transport such as SSL). Is
> > > > anyone working on this?
> > > >
> > > > Al.
> > > >
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