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 Message 821 
 Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins 
 Re: OpenPGP Forwarding 
 25 Sep 23 16:09:42 
 
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Hi August,

On 2023-09-25 09:30:00, you wrote to me:

 AA>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wussler-openpgp-forwarding/

 WvV>> I don't really understand what problem they are trying to solve
 WvV>> here...

 AA> Yeah..it's a bit confusing for me too.

 AA> "Abstract

 AA>    An OpenPGP user may want to request their email provider to
 AA>    automatically forward some or all of the messages they receive to a
 AA>    third party.  Given that messages are encrypted, this requires
 AA>    transforming them into ciphertexts decryptable by the intended
 AA>    forwarded parties, while maintaining confidentiality and
 AA>    authentication."

Yeah, don't really understand why you would want or need this...

 AA> Have you tried forwarding an encrypted message elsewhere and
 AA> decrypt it from there?  Doesn't work for me.

There shouldn't be a problem as long as the pgp payload isn't changed...


Bye, Wilfred.

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