# Support for gpg-encrypting email reports removed?

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/support-for-gpg-encrypting-email-reports-removed/2267>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [March 17, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/support-for-gpg-encrypting-email-reports-removed/2267 "2012-03-17T18:03:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hank\_Leininger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Hank\_Leininger](https://community.zeek.org/u/Hank_Leininger)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/support-for-gpg-encrypting-email-reports-removed/2267/1 "2012-03-17T18:03:50Z")

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I'd like to encrypt and sign emails generated by Bro.

It looks like up through 1.5.3, Bro supported PGP-encrypting emails it  
generated, but that support was dropped with the 2.0 release, although I  
don't see it listed in upgrade.html#removed-functionality so maybe  
nobody missed it.

Was this dropped deliberately due to lack of user interest, or the code  
was known to be buggy, or something? Or just hasn't been re-added in  
2.x yet, but it is planned?

I'll probably make some local patches based on how 1.5.3's  
mail\_reports.sh worked (will try to add --sign support while I'm at it);  
I'll post here if there's interest.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/support-for-gpg-encrypting-email-reports-removed/2267/2 "2012-03-21T00:17:00Z")

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> It looks like up through 1.5.3, Bro supported PGP-encrypting emails it

This must have been part of the old Bro Lite framework, which was in  
fact already deprecated in 1.5.x (and hence no further mentioning in  
the upgrade notes).

BroControl (the replacemewnt for the Bro Lite scripts) indeed doesn't  
have PGP support yet. I would be a nice addition, but I don't think  
anybody is working on it yet.

> I'll post here if there's interest.

Sure, please do.

Robin

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/support-for-gpg-encrypting-email-reports-removed/2267/3 "2022-05-06T15:40:16Z")

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