Will Thunderbird facilitate my generating a Public and Private key via a third party to wit: a Diffie-Hellman algorithm at 4096) instead of the RSA algorithm?
I want to generate the Public and Private keys via a third party using the Diffie-Hellman algorithm and set it at 4096. The support articles made no mention of the add-ins as to what protocols they use. I'm assuming RSA. I can generate the "keys", that's not a problem, but does Thunderbird (and the add-in programs) support importing those protocols instead so I can use them instead of the ones generated by Thunderbird and its associated add-in modules? Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Vahaolana nofidina
As said before, Thunderbird itself can neither generate nor import an OpenPGP key pair. Keys are handled by gnupg. You can import existing OpenPGP keys into your gnupg key ring. And you'd need to install the Enigmail add-on for Thunderbird, which is basically a front end for gnupg.
Hamaky an'ity valiny ity @ sehatra 👍 0All Replies (3)
Thunderbird itself does not generate the key pair. Having said that, I don't understand what you're trying to achieve in the first place.
I want to generate the Public and Private keys via a third party using the Diffie-Hellman algorithm and set it at 4096.
This doesn't make any sense to me. You may want to Google 'Diffie–Hellman' to learn what it does. It certainly does not generate the key pair.
I understand the PGP protocols and well versed with both Diffie-Hellman and RSA. My question is will the Thunderbird add-ins that facilitate using these algorithms will facilitate the importing of Public and Private keys generated by third party software. I don't have Thunderbird installed and before I start mucking about with it and its PGP add-ins I wanted to find out if it will allow the "keys" to be imported.
Vahaolana Nofidina
As said before, Thunderbird itself can neither generate nor import an OpenPGP key pair. Keys are handled by gnupg. You can import existing OpenPGP keys into your gnupg key ring. And you'd need to install the Enigmail add-on for Thunderbird, which is basically a front end for gnupg.