Re: OpenPGP and Subject encryption

2011-11-07 Thread Patrick Morris
If you were to somehow encrypt the subject and send the email, how would you propose the recipient decrypts it? Email subject line encryption just isn't a feature of PGP, per RFC 4880. Even if Mutt could do it, chances are very slim the client on the other end would be able to decrypt it (I'm

Re: OpenPGP and Subject encryption

2011-11-07 Thread P. Mazart
Hi Patrick, thank you for your answer! Patrick Shanahan schrieb am 07.11.2011 13:21:37: > an encrypted Subject would only be visible to the intended recipient > holdiong the correct key and only after he decrypted the post, so what > would be the point? Avoiding inference about the email’s conte

Re: OpenPGP and Subject encryption

2011-11-07 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* P. Mazart [11-06-11 17:16]: > are there any implementations or thoughts on subject encryption > for PGP/MIME, yet? an encrypted Subject would only be visible to the intended recipient holdiong the correct key and only after he decrypted the post, so what would be the point? Why would you send

OpenPGP and Subject encryption

2011-11-06 Thread P. Mazart
Hi, are there any implementations or thoughts on subject encryption for PGP/MIME, yet? I wonder if there might be a special trigger word inside the encypted body part to reset or redisplay the message’s subject (e.g. X-Msg-Subject:), so one could choose a random Subject: Header . Thanks P.M.