Re: a bit off topic, how to find encrytped files (ransom attack)

2022-08-09 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Fri, Aug 05, 2022 at 05:45:53PM +0200, Uwe Brauer via Gnupg-users wrote: 1. just for the first very rough analysis what is a convenient command to get a list of files that have high entropy? The first step might be to install tripwire and only check files, which tripwire reports as

Re: Five volunteers needed (EU only please)

2020-10-06 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 04:49:15PM +0200, Stefan Claas wrote: Good question. QR codes needs for example a printer and stickers too, if not printed directly on postcards. My new Epson printer, for example, does not support feeding of postcards or other thick materials, only standard paper and

Re: Five volunteers needed (EU only please)

2020-10-06 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 05:37:57PM +0200, Stefan Claas wrote: My new idea is to send encrypted postcards or letters, with an NFC tag attached, containing a GnuPG clearsigned test message. I like to see if the postcards will arrive in proper condition, so that the NFC tags are still readable.

Re: How to create an authinfo.gpg encrypted file with a GitHub token

2020-02-26 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:18:00AM +, John Stevenson wrote: I would like to store a GitHub personal access token in a file called ~/.authinfo.gpg so that the token is not stored unencrypted on my computer. This file would be used by Emacs to talk to GitHub via its API. Recent versions of

Re: Android

2019-10-16 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 01:02:10PM +0200, Daniel Bossert wrote: Is anybody using pgp on Android? I did some years ago, would like to, but am afraid of security reason. Hi Daniel, I'm using gnupg with Termux (Linux as app) on Android. And ssh for file transfers too. Works for me, as I'm

Re: Feature proposal - image encryption

2019-01-08 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Sun, Jan 06, 2019 at 11:12:28PM +0100, Stefan Claas wrote: GnuPG is world standard for email and probably file encryption, so why not for image encryption too? :-) As Dirk already said, you can encrypt image files with GnuPG already ;-) And why should I trust people less who maintain

Re: Configuration for offline usage - best practice tips?

2018-02-23 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:15:57PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On Thu 2018-02-15 21:33:05 +0100, Juergen Christoffel wrote: I'm looking for best practice tips for offline usage of GnuPG. [...] GnuPG's defaults should be fine for the common, simple backup case. However, i note

Configuration for offline usage - best practice tips?

2018-02-15 Thread Juergen Christoffel
Hi folks, I'm looking for best practice tips for offline usage of GnuPG. What Do I mean by offline usage? I plan to encrypt backups or files on my machines with GnuPG and generate weekly or monthly keys for that purpose so backups for example can run unattended and simply encrypt with today's

Re: Specifying entropy source

2016-11-16 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:57:18AM +0100, aafanas...@os3.nl wrote: I know that during generation of the key will be asked for moving mouse or some other actions to create enough entropy. However could I use a specific source to create entropy for key generation? Like only mouse or keyboard.

Re: recording and retrieving "secrets" into gpg files

2016-10-03 Thread Juergen Christoffel
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 03:56:08PM +0200, Arbiel (gmx) wrote: Can somebody, please, direct me toward a url where they provide bash scripting examples. Take a look at https://www.passwordstore.org/ which is written in bash and stores secrets with gnupg. --jc -- Doctorow's Law: Anytime