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Using OpenPGP secret keys that advertise features that are not supported by Thunderbird

Using OpenPGP secret keys created using other software (e.g. GnuPG) might advertise unsupported features and could result in interoperability issues.

Created: 6/13/24

Thunderbird and Logjam

Thunderbird no longer supports 512 bit (so called US export) keys for TLS connections.

Last updated: 8/26/15

OpenPGP keys might be authentic or counterfeit

How to avoid accepting a counterfeit OpenPGP key when Thunderbird asks you to accept the public key of a correspondent.

Last updated: 11/17/23

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Using OpenPGP secret keys that advertise features that are not supported by Thunderbird

Thunderbird and Logjam

OpenPGP keys might be authentic or counterfeit

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