This extension provides Firefox users with some functionality related to the OpenPGP standard defined in RFC 4880 among other places. Specifically this extension is written to be non-reliant on native applications like PGP or GnuPG for support.
If you're new here, a good place to start is GettingStarted.
You can also ask questions or join the discussion over at http://groups.google.com/group/lucidpg