Extract numbers from a key

2011-08-03 Thread Sébastien
Hello, I would like to know an easy way to get numbers used in a key. For example, in a RSA key, N and e (used like this: message^e modulus N) Here is one RSA 1024 bits public key: -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Extract numbers from a key

2011-08-03 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 2 August 2011 20:10, Sébastien tigresetdrag...@yahoo.fr wrote: Hello, I would like to know an easy way to get numbers used in a key. For example, in a RSA key, N and e (used like this: message^e modulus N) Why do you want N and E? I think exponent is almost always 65537 Some apps display

Re: Extract numbers from a key

2011-08-03 Thread Jerome Baum
For example, in a RSA key, N and e (used like this: message^e modulus N) Note that gpg uses hybrid (session key) encryption. There are various advantages, e.g. you can reveal the session key to someone else (think subpoena) without giving up your entire key. -- Jerome Baum Hessenweg 222 48432

Re: Extract numbers from a key

2011-08-03 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:10, tigresetdrag...@yahoo.fr said: I would like to know an easy way to get numbers used in a key. For example, in a RSA key, N and e (used like this: message^e modulus N) Import the key and then: $ gpg --list-keys --with-key-data KEYID In the output look for pkd

re: Extract numbers from a key // wrong pgpdump link :-(

2011-08-03 Thread vedaal
Sorry, wrong link extension, here is the correct one: http://www.pgpdump.net/ vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users