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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#7016: No encryption in case of missing secret key for signing
From:       Andreas Gungl <Andreas.Gungl () osp-dd ! de>
Date:       2000-08-01 5:55:04
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I'll have a look at it.

Andreas

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Stefan Suchi wrote:
> Package: kmail
> Version: 1.0.29.2
> 
> If I try to send a message SIGNED and ENCRYPTED and the "PGP User Identity"
> is not found in my secret keyring (for example because my email-address has
> changed) the message is sent unsigned and unencrypted without any warning.
> 
> To me this behavior looks like a mayor security problem.
> 
> I would suggest that in this case an error message pops up like itīs doing
> in the case a recipient key could not be found or that the message is at
> least sent unsigned, but encrypted.
> 
> My system: SuSE-6.1, KDE-1.1.2, kmail-1.0.29.2, PGP-2.6.3i.
> 
> Stefan
> 
> -- 
> Stefan Suchi  <suchi@gmx.de>
> PGP 2.6.3i; Key 5135 3EF1, Fingerprint:
> 26 1A 72 E9 33 57 67 30  63 AB 4F A1 A7 D4 29 2A
> KDE Linux Packaging Project http://kde.tdyc.com/

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