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Re: [ESD-translators] More security updates
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Molly de Blanc |
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Re: [ESD-translators] More security updates |
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Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:44:51 -0400 |
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Thank you. I'll make some updates taking this into account, and inform
you once those are complete.
Cheers,
Molly
On 06/18/2018 01:30 PM, Thérèse Godefroy wrote:
> Le 18/06/2018 à 16:44, Molly de Blanc a écrit :
>> There were new flaws discovered in enigmail and GPG, which you can read
>> about:
>>
>> https://thehackernews.com/2018/06/gnupg-encryption-signature.html?m=1.
>>
>> I've updated the ESD, informing users to install the most up-to-date
>> verions of GPG, GPGTools, and Enigmail. These updates are in the
>> GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows versions.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Molly
>>
>>
> Hello Molly,
>
> There are several issues with the update:
>
> - The note about GnuPG, GPGTools and Enigmail follows a paragraph that
> says: "If you already have an email program, you can skip to Step 1.b."
> So, people who have an email program are likely to skip the note. In any
> case, GPGTools isn't defined yet. Why not move the note to step 1.b?
>
> - Windows users know nothing about GPGTools. What they install is
> Gpg4win. The patched version is 3.1.2:
> https://www.gpg4win.org/change-history.html
>
> - GnuPG 2.2.8 is not available in the "stable" and "testing" Debian
> repos. You'd need to install sid (unstable) to get it. Trisquel 7 and 8
> are out.
>
> Best,
> Thérèse
>
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