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A Critique on “A Critique on the OpenPGP Updates”

180 points by AlbertVAustin 3y ago

Phelinofist 3y ago
Who wrote this? I see no author note. I'm far from an expert in this, so how good are the counter arguments really?
- dhx 3y ago
  This was my first thought too because the argument is against a FSF-award-winning founder and maintainer of 25 years of one of the most important and widely used cryptographic libraries. The blog appears to be at least hosted by, and possibly written by Andrew Gallagher[1] <andrewg@andrewg.com> per [2], [3] and [4]. Is there meant to be someone else behind the "we"? [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/person/andrewg@andrewg.com https://datatracker.ietf.org/person/andrewg@andrewg.com [2] https://pgpkeys.eu/#about https://pgpkeys.eu/#about [3] https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=stats https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=stats [4] https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=index&fingerprint=on&search=0x00CC54C6A0C601691AF4931FFB73E21AF1163937 https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=index&fingerprint=on&search...
  - lapinot 3y ago
    There have been some tensions between some sequoia-pgp devs and Koch (which are mentioned in tfa). So it might also be some of them. I don't know anything first hand tho.
- beeboobaa 3y ago
  https://github.com/pgpkeys-eu/pgpkeys-eu.github.io/commit/d52e8d048effeb9c7bfd3a5d0409a8397a42d0df https://github.com/pgpkeys-eu/pgpkeys-eu.github.io/commit/d5... https://github.com/andrewgdotcom https://github.com/andrewgdotcom
arp242 3y ago
A Schism in the OpenPGP World - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38554393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38554393 - Dec 2023 (12 comments)
- ericbarrett 3y ago
  The lwn.net article linked in this post has an excellent, seemingly neutral summary of the issue that casts a lot of light on TFA; I highly recommend anybody interested in the OpenPGP schism read this.
  - freedomben 3y ago
    direct link to the lwn.net article: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/953797/7222cd75661fb888/ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/953797/7222cd75661fb888/
    - neuromanser 3y ago
      Thank you for the link, and thanks to lwn.net for the feature!
- dang 3y ago
  Comments moved thither. Thanks!

180 points by AlbertVAustin 3y ago

Phelinofist 3y ago

Who wrote this? I see no author note. I'm far from an expert in this, so how good are the counter arguments really?

dhx 3y ago
This was my first thought too because the argument is against a FSF-award-winning founder and maintainer of 25 years of one of the most important and widely used cryptographic libraries. The blog appears to be at least hosted by, and possibly written by Andrew Gallagher[1] <andrewg@andrewg.com> per [2], [3] and [4]. Is there meant to be someone else behind the "we"? [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/person/andrewg@andrewg.com https://datatracker.ietf.org/person/andrewg@andrewg.com [2] https://pgpkeys.eu/#about https://pgpkeys.eu/#about [3] https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=stats https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=stats [4] https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=index&fingerprint=on&search=0x00CC54C6A0C601691AF4931FFB73E21AF1163937 https://pgpkeys.eu/pks/lookup?op=index&fingerprint=on&search...
- lapinot 3y ago
  There have been some tensions between some sequoia-pgp devs and Koch (which are mentioned in tfa). So it might also be some of them. I don't know anything first hand tho.
beeboobaa 3y ago
https://github.com/pgpkeys-eu/pgpkeys-eu.github.io/commit/d52e8d048effeb9c7bfd3a5d0409a8397a42d0df https://github.com/pgpkeys-eu/pgpkeys-eu.github.io/commit/d5... https://github.com/andrewgdotcom https://github.com/andrewgdotcom

arp242 3y ago

A Schism in the OpenPGP World - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38554393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38554393 - Dec 2023 (12 comments)

ericbarrett 3y ago
The lwn.net article linked in this post has an excellent, seemingly neutral summary of the issue that casts a lot of light on TFA; I highly recommend anybody interested in the OpenPGP schism read this.
- freedomben 3y ago
  direct link to the lwn.net article: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/953797/7222cd75661fb888/ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/953797/7222cd75661fb888/
  - neuromanser 3y ago
    Thank you for the link, and thanks to lwn.net for the feature!
dang 3y ago
Comments moved thither. Thanks!