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On the one hand, I am glad it finally got the proper funding. On the other hand, I would prefer more effort going into more modern implementations [1] or protoc

by xvilka 5y ago

On the one hand, I am glad it finally got the proper funding. On the other hand, I would prefer more effort going into more modern implementations [1] or protocols[2][3]. [1] https://sequoia-pgp.org/ https://sequoia-pgp.org/ [2] https://www.cryptologie.net/article/502/alternatives-to-pgp/ https://www.cryptologie.net/article/502/alternatives-to-pgp/ [3] https://blog.gtank.cc/modern-alternatives-to-pgp/ https://blog.gtank.cc/modern-alternatives-to-pgp/

nimbius 5y ago
And here we go, typical HN post flogging the virtues of GPG/PGP alternatives as some sort of "modern" implementation that by virtue of "modern" somehow makes it better than GPG. In my day we used GPG and we liked it. Need to use a smartcard with a GPG key to SSH? well tie an onion to your belt and get ready to pull a standing triple gainer in bash. did you get the password prompt? well now its time to dive further young Padawan. Ease the cover of your X11 book open and pour through the warm inviting text of no fewer than three pinentry programs. balance the PGP and GPG manuals on each knee (thats what the onions for ya goof!) and study the .gpg config, as ed25519 may, or may not even be a PGP standard... perhaps the pin is entered properly in another TTY, so plug in your TTY monitor and get to work! easy as pie. still doesnt work? perhaps you still need to do a subkey cross-signature for your detatched authentication keys? it is now 4 AM which is when most "people" sleep but the prime witching hour for GPG divinations, stay true and persist! now some people might say "validation and trust" are issues but back in my day we had key signing parties. oh they were all the rage, haughty and formal door-knob licking festivals (pre covid mind you) where you could greet your colleagues balancing a stale cookie on a plate and confirm --in the flesh-- this key was honest, and true and matched perfectly the arabica halitosis of the keyholder as they spittle their way through tales of last years divorce. Did your colleague from brussels get a haircut? hes dead to you now. revoke the key, burn every chair in your home, and seek out his new truth. to the GPG key servers! and kids now a days will bemoan "keysevers!" rubbish. why, theres no more telltale glory than to sit at the helm of a CGI web form from 1991 as its calcified backend tucked deep in the bowels of some learn-a-torium lurches along the SUNOS disk platters querying an ocean, NAY, a veritable drowning pool of old keys of yore from anyone and anything. the mirthful chuckle from your first 512 bit key 17 years ago will sustain you! as you begin encrypting your message in no fewer than the seven keys listed for the faculty member to wihch you wish to divulge your nanas fudge recipe.
- alexambarch 5y ago
  Not sure if someone out there is compiling a list of Hacker News copypasta, but if you are please do not forget to add this.

by xvilka 5y ago

nimbius 5y ago

And here we go, typical HN post flogging the virtues of GPG/PGP alternatives as some sort of "modern" implementation that by virtue of "modern" somehow makes it better than GPG. In my day we used GPG and we liked it. Need to use a smartcard with a GPG key to SSH? well tie an onion to your belt and get ready to pull a standing triple gainer in bash. did you get the password prompt? well now its time to dive further young Padawan. Ease the cover of your X11 book open and pour through the warm inviting text of no fewer than three pinentry programs. balance the PGP and GPG manuals on each knee (thats what the onions for ya goof!) and study the .gpg config, as ed25519 may, or may not even be a PGP standard... perhaps the pin is entered properly in another TTY, so plug in your TTY monitor and get to work! easy as pie. still doesnt work? perhaps you still need to do a subkey cross-signature for your detatched authentication keys? it is now 4 AM which is when most "people" sleep but the prime witching hour for GPG divinations, stay true and persist! now some people might say "validation and trust" are issues but back in my day we had key signing parties. oh they were all the rage, haughty and formal door-knob licking festivals (pre covid mind you) where you could greet your colleagues balancing a stale cookie on a plate and confirm --in the flesh-- this key was honest, and true and matched perfectly the arabica halitosis of the keyholder as they spittle their way through tales of last years divorce. Did your colleague from brussels get a haircut? hes dead to you now. revoke the key, burn every chair in your home, and seek out his new truth. to the GPG key servers! and kids now a days will bemoan "keysevers!" rubbish. why, theres no more telltale glory than to sit at the helm of a CGI web form from 1991 as its calcified backend tucked deep in the bowels of some learn-a-torium lurches along the SUNOS disk platters querying an ocean, NAY, a veritable drowning pool of old keys of yore from anyone and anything. the mirthful chuckle from your first 512 bit key 17 years ago will sustain you! as you begin encrypting your message in no fewer than the seven keys listed for the faculty member to wihch you wish to divulge your nanas fudge recipe.

alexambarch 5y ago
Not sure if someone out there is compiling a list of Hacker News copypasta, but if you are please do not forget to add this.