[JDEV] GPG encrypted group chats?

Julian Missig julian at jabber.org
Fri Feb 1 21:50:20 CST 2002


James Widman wrote:
> Just curious:  has anyone implemented or is anyone working on an 
> encryptable group chat feature in a jabber client?  Is there any real 
> demand for such a thing, or is this just a "nice-to-have" feature? 

Simply put, it's not possible because of the way GPG/PGP works. Even if 
it were, supposedly it wouldn't exactly be very secure anyway.

I'd rather see work put toward the new encryption standard than 
extending the existing GPG/PGP stuff.


Julian
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