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kevinvdburgt
2538 days ago
Any good alternatives?
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ahazred8ta
2534 days ago
"Things that use Ed25519"
https://ianix.com/pub/ed25519-deployment.html#ed25519-softwa...
is a grab-bag of nacl-style modern alternatives (of varying quality)
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rwbhn
2537 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19173326
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Avamander
2537 days ago
Standard S/MIME for e-mail, minisign for signing software, standard ASICE for encrypted containers
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yrro
2537 days ago
Never heard of ASCIE, I assume you're referring to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Signature_Container...
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Avamander
2537 days ago
Indeed. It's an EU standard,
http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/319100_319199/31916201/0...
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tptacek
2537 days ago
S/MIME is even worse than PGP.
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Avamander
2537 days ago
S/MIME has better e-mail client support and has massive deployment (use, not that much) in Estonia. I think it already beats PGP in two major aspects with that.
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tptacek
2537 days ago
S/MIME manages the feat of being even less secure than PGP-encrypted email, which was, again, a low bar to trip over.
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Avamander
2537 days ago
Please elaborate.
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wolf550e
2537 days ago
I think efail showed S/MIME was even more susceptible.
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