placing trust in imported keys

2013-03-08 Thread John A. Wallace
Where can I find an explanation of how to interpret these lines of output we saw while importing a key onto a person's keyring: gpg: key DED64EBB2BA87C5C: public key OTR Dev Team o...@cypherpunks.ca imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed,

options files

2013-02-21 Thread John A. Wallace
Hi, Can I get a link discussing one or more of a typical situations when options files are used? Thanks John A. Wallace The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if you get in the first stroke. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org

default keyring file formats

2013-02-19 Thread John A. Wallace
, but nowadays the latter format are used? John A. Wallace The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if you get in the first stroke. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

using gpg with http proxy

2013-01-31 Thread John A. Wallace
variable were set ahead of time? Finally, in general can an option like this be put either in an options file or in gpg.conf? Thanks. John A. Wallace The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if you get in the first stroke. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

path defaults for gpg.conf

2013-01-31 Thread John A. Wallace
I included in its special gpg.conf. Is that not so? Thanks. John A. Wallace The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if you get in the first stroke. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg

options file usage

2012-09-11 Thread John A. Wallace
I am using Gpg 2.0.17 in Windows. Am I correct in saying that the options file, if one existed, should be located in the home directory, i.e., %homepath%\appdata\roaming\gnupg, that it should be named options, and that it would be utilized automatically by the gpg program whenever commands are

clearsign in GPA

2012-09-10 Thread John A. Wallace
Is it true to say, as it appears to me, that I cannot select a file in GPA's File Manager and then use a tool or menu option in order to clearsign the file? Rather, I have to have opened the file first and copied its contents to the Clipboard first, and only then can I clearsign it in GPA after

system migration

2012-05-31 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello. I am moving my system onto another machine, and it will require my reinstalling everything, not simply restoring. Are there any instructions related to which files need to be moved, and other considerations, in order to transfer the capabilities of my gnupg application. I am moving it from

RE: Gpg4Win and GnuPG

2012-05-03 Thread John A. Wallace
Any issues with installing gpg or GPA on Windows Server 2008? Thanks. -Original Message- From: gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org [mailto:gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org] On Behalf Of Werner Koch Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:53 AM To: Anthony Papillon Cc: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject:

gnupg.conf

2012-03-29 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello. I am using gpg 2.0.17 on Windows OS. I also have the GPA and GPGshell front ends installed. I see these config files: Gpa.conf, gpg.conf, gpg-agent.conf, gpgsm.conf, all within gnupg folder. Are there other config files installed for this program, aside from what might be in one of the

RE: sign and encrypt from batch script

2012-03-28 Thread John A. Wallace
Would it not help to try the option for the passphrase directly, like this: --passphrase-file filename From: gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org [mailto:gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org] On Behalf Of Roberts, David M [ITSYS] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:09 PM To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject:

RE: [Announce] GnuPG 2.0.19 released

2012-03-27 Thread John A. Wallace
Outstanding! Hopefully the GPG4Win port for Windows will follow suit before long. Thanks for an awesome product and support. -Original Message- From: gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org [mailto:gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org] On Behalf Of Werner Koch Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:20 AM

this list

2012-03-17 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello. Is this list available from gmane or some similar way that allows it to be read from a newsreader? Thanks. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: Gnupg-users Digest, Vol 99, Issue 15

2011-12-29 Thread John A. Wallace
Message: 6 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:04:15 +0100 From: Jerome Baum jer...@jeromebaum.com To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject: Re: --trusted-key Message-ID: 4efbd8af.9080...@jeromebaum.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Finally, (and this part may very well relate to my lack

Re: --trusted-key

2011-12-28 Thread John A. Wallace
-- Message: 5 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:25:33 +0100 From: Jerome Baum jer...@jeromebaum.com To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject: Re: --trusted-key Message-ID: 4efa7e1d.8080...@jeromebaum.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On 2011-12-28 03:08, John

--trusted-key

2011-12-27 Thread John A. Wallace
--trusted-key long key ID Assume that the specified key (which must be given as a full 8 byte key ID) is as trustworthy as one of your own secret keys. This option is useful if you don't want to keep your secret keys (or one of them) online but still want to be able to check the validity of a

keys.gnupg.net

2011-11-18 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello. In my web browser I am looking at the url of keys.gnupg.net, which has the following title on top of its page: SKS OpenPGP keyser...@zimmermann.mayfirst.org. This site allows me to check or submit public keys. On that page there are some instructions in a section called Access, and it

RE: keys.gnupg.net

2011-11-18 Thread John A. Wallace
-Original Message- From: John A. Wallace [mailto:jw72...@verizon.net] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 9:08 PM To: 'gnupg-users@gnupg.org' Subject: keys.gnupg.net Hello. In my web browser I am looking at the url of keys.gnupg.net, which has the following title on top of its page

Gpg Agent is listening on port xyz

2011-11-17 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello. When my firewall advises me that GPG agent is listening on:xyz, what exactly is it listening for and is that necessary? Thanks. John ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

--status-fd

2011-11-16 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello, When I have a group of messages in a folder, which were encrypted by others with one of my public keys, and I enter the command gpg -status-fd, the gpg program will scroll through all of these messages one by one showing me the keyID for which each message was encrypted. However, when

GPA File Manager

2011-11-15 Thread John A. Wallace
Message: 8 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:28:56 +0100 From: Sartoretti Pascal pascal.sartore...@elca.ch To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject: GPA File Manager : double-click not possible ? Message-ID: 26958edc00c9f545a300bac81c5a652d6ed...@ms02.elca.ch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

small security glitches

2011-11-01 Thread John A. Wallace
it as much as I can. Thanks. John A. Wallace ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

gpg option --list-only

2011-11-01 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello. The online manual for gpg states this about the -list-keys option: Changes the behaviour of some commands. This is like --dry-run but different in some cases. The semantic of this command may be extended in the future. Currently it only skips the actual decryption pass and therefore

batch decryption key Identification

2011-11-01 Thread John A. Wallace
Message: 7 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:20:24 -0500 From: John A. Wallace jw72...@verizon.net To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject: batch decryption key identification Message-ID: 01cc983c$d0fccd30$72f66790$@net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello. On this website (http

batch decryption key identification

2011-10-31 Thread John A. Wallace
, Issue 9 [snip] Message: 8 Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:35:30 +0200 From: Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org To: John A. Wallace jw72...@verizon.net Cc: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject: Re: key selection in batch decryptions Message-ID: 87sjn07zgd@vigenere.g10code.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us

key selection in batch decryptions

2011-10-10 Thread John A. Wallace
While I am using gpg 2.0.17 on a Windows OS, I often have instances where I need to decrypt a few random messages from a large batch of messages. Normally, I can pipe the passphrase, symmetric or public key, to the gpg command, and it will attempt to match the passphrase with the keys on my key