GNU bug report logs - #35617
mml secure mode should copy headers to inside the cryptographic payload

Previous Next

Full log

Message #17 received at 35617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg <at> fifthhorseman.net>
Cc: 35617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35617: mml secure mode should copy headers to inside the
 cryptographic payload
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 16:12:45 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg <at> fifthhorseman.net> writes:
>
>> It would be great if those preparations were to copy all the headers
>> from *outside* of the cryptographic protections (the "cryptographic
>> envelope") to the top-level part *inside* the cryptographic envelope, so
>> that they're covered by the cryptographic protections.
>
> You mean repeat all the headers in the body of the message?
>
> Is there an RFC for stashing headers in the body of messages and using
> those instead of the real headers when reading?  Because if not, this
> just sounds like it's going to be pretty confusing.

More information was requested, but no response was given within a
month, so I'm closing this bug report.  If there is such an RFC, please
reopen this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.