Re: Sharing/Storing a private key

2013-12-15 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 21:14, ekl...@gmail.com said: AFAIK, *is* an implementation of SSS. So, why would you write a new version? FWIW, a few years ago, Phil Sutter wrote a daemon for GnuPG which implements secret key splitting. I don't have the URL handy, but it should be easy to find.

Re: Sharing/Storing a private key

2013-12-15 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 14/12/13 21:14, Leo Gaspard wrote: Maybe if you explained what the limitations of are...? My guess is the fact that only supports secrets up to 1024 bits; if you want to share a larger secret you need to do a hybrid approach where you symmetrically encrypt the data and then use

Re: Another step towards crowdfunding

2013-12-15 Thread Peter Lebbing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/12/13 18:32, Sam Tuke wrote: No we don't have a sponsor offering that at the moment (I'd be delighted if we did). Which archived mail gave you that impression? That would most likely be the offer Robert J. Hansen made this year for his yearly

Re: Sharing/Storing a private key

2013-12-15 Thread Mindiell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 AFAIK, *is* an implementation of SSS. So, why would you write a new version? I must say I didn't look at the source, as I do not see the point at first. So, this is a warning about security issues : something you made yourself is

gpgsm and dirmngr

2013-12-15 Thread Jens Lechtenboerger
Dear reader, I’m experimenting with gpgsm and dirmngr. Please redirect me to a more appropriate mailing list, if it exists. Does dirmngr only speak LDAPv2? If I configure a LDAPv3 server, it complains about the “historical protocol” upon bind from dirmngr. This appears to indicate use of v2 by

Re: Promoting the usage of OpenPGP

2013-12-15 Thread Ralph J. Mayer
Hi, the one I am using right now, iOS Mail. -- Viele Grüße / Kind Regards / Cordiali Saluti / Met vriendelijke groet Ralph J.Mayer Am 06.12.2013 um 10:10 schrieb Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org: Please name those email clients. ___ Gnupg-users

Re: Promoting the usage of OpenPGP

2013-12-15 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: From: Ralph J. Mayer rma...@nerd-residenz.de Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:48:10 +0100 Ralph J. Mayer wrote: Hi, the one I am using right now, iOS Mail. -- Viele Grüße / Kind Regards / Cordiali Saluti / Met vriendelijke groet Ralph J.Mayer Am