Add possibility to use recipient not using Keybase for PGP encryption
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Description
Currently it seems you can encrypt a PGP message using keybase pgp encrypt -m "message" [them]
, where [them] has to be another Keybase user.
However, it would be nice to add the ability of signing a message for any person. For this you should be able to point to a valid .asc file instead of the Keybase username, which will be used for encryption.
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Research direction
Start by locating the Go implementation and tests for keybase pgp encrypt -m "message" [them], then trace how the recipient argument is resolved. Define the expected handling for a valid .asc file and verify that the command encrypts messages for recipients who are not Keybase users.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli, cryptography
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100