[GnuPG] : Question - collective entity key management
Hi all, may I have a question? I need to manage key for encrypt/sign of [not-only] e-mail communication for group of peoplewhich is partially dynamic. Basically it is some elected administrative board. My ideawas to create some master key than subkeys and in case subkeys are revoced [member of admin-board was not elected,whole admin-board is re-elected etc.]. Problem is, that all of the members are using same email e.g. member@board.eg As soon as member should not be able to read this email, his key should be disallowed to decrypt messages on this email. Can I ask for some HowTo or just correct my point of view, because it seems definitely wrong. Thx, ~ Over -- “Borders I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.” ― Thor Heyerdahl www...................http://overdrive.a-nihil.net twitter...............https://twitter.com/#!/idoru23 blog..................http://d8ofh8.blogspot.com GnuPG public key......http://overdrive.a-nihil.net/overdrive.txt GnuPG key FingerPrint.072C C0AD 88EF F681 5E52 5329 8483 4860 6E19 949D
Have a server with a master key that decrypts incoming mail, re-encrypts with board members' individual subkeys? If it *has* to be the same email account, does it support IMAP? If so, IMAP behaves like a folder; you can take stuff out, and put it back in again. A Python script could be written to scan over new mail, remove "master key" mail and deposit "subkey-re-encrypted" mail. When members access the mail, it will usually have been accessed, re-encrypted and replaced with one they can decrypt. If not, they'll have to wait a few minutes and try again. On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:38:00 +0200 Tomas Overdrive Petru <tpetru@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
may I have a question?
I need to manage key for encrypt/sign of [not-only] e-mail communication for group of peoplewhich is partially dynamic. Basically it is some elected administrative board.
My ideawas to create some master key than subkeys and in case subkeys are revoced [member of admin-board was not elected,whole admin-board is re-elected etc.].
Problem is, that all of the members are using same email e.g. member@board.eg
As soon as member should not be able to read this email, his key should be disallowed to decrypt messages on this email.
Can I ask for some HowTo or just correct my point of view, because it seems definitely wrong.
Thx, ~ Over
Hi, Group key management is a PITA. http://schleuder2.nadir.org/ is about the best you can do: A server receives and decrypts the messages, then re-encrypts and forwards them towards the (current) group of recipients. --Mo
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Cathal Garvey
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Moritz
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Tomas Overdrive Petru