• Registered: 2007-06-22
  • Posts: 3

Topic: Don't reinvent the wheel: use Enigmail

This is more of a curiosity for why you have chosen to do things this way, as opposed to a request to change them.

I was wondering why you don't expand on the Enigmail Thunderbird extension to work with Firefox rather than starting from scratch? Enigmail already has all the routines for connecting securely to the gpg program, all it needs is the interface to work with firefox. Instead of redoing all this, why not make use of the mature and secure Enigmail routines, and just focus all your attention on the Firefox/Gmail user interface? I think the end result would be a better extension (though I'm sure you have your reasons for starting from scratch).

There's even a 3rd firefox extension with similar functionality: Enigform. I even found a post on the Enigform authors site suggesting that 'Enigmail, FireGPG and Enigform's (myself) authors should "sit down" and discuss [...] a standard key-management interface (Enigmail's, for example)'. Have you heard from him about this? Here's the post: http://foros.buanzo.com.ar/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=231

  • Registered: 2007-06-12
  • Posts: 16

Re: Don't reinvent the wheel: use Enigmail

there were already request from the userbase (well, me and blivengood :-P ) to secure and standardize the gpg interface:
+ here: http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=143
+ and there: http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=139

so, I hope you really take that direction.

  • From: Geneva
  • Registered: 2007-04-04
  • Posts: 1,040

Re: Don't reinvent the wheel: use Enigmail

Why tried to use the enigmail functions, but there were too complicated...

But it's planned, after we have a full OpenGPG/Mime support for gmail.

So... wait smile

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  • Registered: 2007-08-08
  • Posts: 3

Re: Don't reinvent the wheel: use Enigmail

the_glu wrote:

Why tried to use the enigmail functions, but there were too complicated...

But it's planned, after we have a full OpenGPG/Mime support for gmail.

So... wait smile

Great news, I'm glad you're working on this.  My fear is that the Enigmail API is complicated for a reason: security is HARD.  Period.  Good luck; your extension is very promising.

  • From: Geneva
  • Registered: 2007-04-04
  • Posts: 1,040

Re: Don't reinvent the wheel: use Enigmail

If you want recent news : It's now our first priority, OpenGPG/Mine is at background.

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