All posts in the topic Secure Group

Apr 16 11:46 UTC

One day, one *glorious* day, I want to make a Secure Group. As I have been
chatting about it quite a bit in the office, I thought I would get my
ideas down. My current plan is to work on this in my own time, after the
Group Product is completed

A secure group would encrypt and sign all messages from the group, and
require all email messages to the group to be encrypted and signed. To
achieve this, the Public Key property is required for all members who wish
to post. The homepage of the group will display the group's public key to
all group members.

The Security settings for the group will not have a public option: only
private and secret. In addition the group will have a Paranoia setting.

  1. Occasionally Looking Over My Shoulder
      * Email messages that are sent from the group are signed and
        encrypted
      * Only email messages that are signed and encrypted will be accepted
      * Email headers are left intact

  2. The Government and Corporations are Against Us
      * Same as Level 1, but the email headers rewritten so the From
        address is the group, and the Subject line is replaced with
        just the group name
      * Actual From information is placed in the body of the message,
        which is encrypted

  3. They Are Out To Get You Too
      * Same as Level 2 except the main email body is replaced with a link
        to the post.

  4. They Are Everywhere (except the server)
      * Same as Level 3 except the post contains 1–5 random quotes; the
        links to the post is placed randomly among the quotes.