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Re: PGP/GnuPG unsecure, should be replaced?



Good idea! Change something because it works!
Any change we can make it part of systemd?

My emoticon for being sarcastic:
OO|OO

On 19/07/19 11:34 PM, Stephan Seitz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I found the following article about PGP/GnuPG:
> https://latacora.singles/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem.html
>
> In short you should drop GnuPG because it doesn’t do anything really
> the right way. It should be replaced with different tools for
> different situations.
>
> Debian is using GnuPG for signing files. From the article:
>
> Signing Packages
>
> Use Signify/Minisign. Ted Unangst will tell you all about it. It’s what
> OpenBSD uses to sign packages. It’s extremely simple and uses modern
> signing. Minisign, from Frank Denis, the libsodium guy, brings the
> same design to Windows and macOS; it has bindings for Go, Rust,
> Python, Javascript, and .NET; it’s even compatible with Signify.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Shade and sweet water!
>
>     Stephan
>


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