[arch-general] Tbird 78.2 enable Master Password of GPG keys stored in profile unencrypted
All, Just a heads up. SuSE has been doing work with Thunderbird 78.2 trying to prepare for a move to it with the openPGP replacement for Enigmail. One issue that has come from that is the realization that unless you enable a Master Password for thunderbird passwords, once you import your GPG keys, they will be stored unencrypted in your thunderbird profile. If you have never set a mater password for thunderbird before (I haven't), it looks like that will be required with 78.2 hits. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Le 16/09/2020 à 12:41, David C. Rankin a écrit :
All,
Just a heads up. SuSE has been doing work with Thunderbird 78.2 trying to prepare for a move to it with the openPGP replacement for Enigmail. One issue that has come from that is the realization that unless you enable a Master Password for thunderbird passwords, once you import your GPG keys, they will be stored unencrypted in your thunderbird profile. If you have never set a mater password for thunderbird before (I haven't), it looks like that will be required with 78.2 hits.
Or just keep using GnuPG for private key handling, which is what I will be doing. Regards, Archange
On 9/16/20 15:46, Archange via arch-general wrote:
Le 16/09/2020 à 12:41, David C. Rankin a écrit :
All,
Just a heads up. SuSE has been doing work with Thunderbird 78.2 trying to prepare for a move to it with the openPGP replacement for Enigmail. One issue that has come from that is the realization that unless you enable a Master Password for thunderbird passwords, once you import your GPG keys, they will be stored unencrypted in your thunderbird profile. If you have never set a mater password for thunderbird before (I haven't), it looks like that will be required with 78.2 hits.
Or just keep using GnuPG for private key handling, which is what I will be doing.
Regards, Archange
Would it be backported with security patches if we did not upgrade to 78 series?
Le 16 septembre 2020 17:42:42 GMT+04:00, Severus
On 9/16/20 15:46, Archange via arch-general wrote:
Le 16/09/2020 à 12:41, David C. Rankin a écrit :
All,
Just a heads up. SuSE has been doing work with Thunderbird 78.2 trying to prepare for a move to it with the openPGP replacement for Enigmail. One issue that has come from that is the realization that unless you enable a Master Password for thunderbird passwords, once you import your GPG keys, they will be stored unencrypted in your thunderbird profile. If you have never set a mater password for thunderbird before (I haven't), it looks like that will be required with 78.2 hits.
Or just keep using GnuPG for private key handling, which is what I will be doing.
Regards, Archange
Would it be backported with security patches if we did not upgrade to 78 series?
What would be backported? I’m saying that even with Thunderbird 78, I’ll keep using GnuPG for private key handling since this is thanksfully supported. Regards, Archange
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