Re: Problem with GPG

2011-08-09 Thread lists . gnupg-users
Hello Werner, Yesterday, Aug 8, Werner Koch wrote to lists.gnupg-us...@duinheks.nl about...: WK You should better use WK gpg --batch --sign --armour --clearsig --passphrase-fd 0 --yes -o $1.asc $1 I will do that in future. WK to avoid the mv. Even better use gpg-agent. That will take

Problem with GPG

2011-08-08 Thread lists . gnupg-users
Hello, I call PGP from Pine with a simple script: #!/bin/sh echo | /usr/bin/gpg --batch --sign --armour --clearsig --passphrase-fd 0 $1 mv $1.asc $2 Lately I noticed that it did not work, withour giving me any warning. When I use it 'by hand' I see an error: echo

Re: what are the sub keys

2011-03-24 Thread Lists . gnupg
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:58:38PM +0100 Also sprach Ingo Klöcker: I claim that of all 4096 keys that can be found on the public keyservers most have been created by people who just went for the highest number. Because bigger must be better, right? I cannot resist offering the following

Re: what are the sub keys

2011-03-22 Thread Lists . gnupg
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 11:36:57PM -0400 Also sprach Robert J. Hansen: On 3/19/11 10:34 PM, Jonathan Ely wrote: but be sure to set your preferences and choose a 4096 over 2048. Why? This is like saying, I like the bank vault on my front door, but I wish it was thicker: I want the extra

Re: what are the sub keys

2011-03-22 Thread Lists . gnupg
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 08:28:57AM -0700 Also sprach Robert J. Hansen: IME, engineering starting from a base maxim of, why not?, ultimately leads to curious things that leave you scratching your head (like the aforementioned, why are you using SHA512 with DSA-1K?). This is why I would much

Re: Smart Card Physical Best Practices?

2011-03-01 Thread Lists . gnupg
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:40:07PM -0500 Also sprach David Tomaschik: I've recently received my smart card, but was wondering what the best practices are, mainly from a physical standpoint. When I use it in my laptop reader, it sticks about 2 out of the side, and I have some concern about this

Re: Why do we use a different key to sign than to encrypt

2011-03-01 Thread Lists . gnupg
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 01:13:16PM + Also sprach Guy Halford-Thompson: Not GPG specific, but I was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of some resources that explain why we use different keys to sign and encrypt (for cases where the same key _could_ do both e.g. RSA).

Re: Some SHA-2 news

2011-02-20 Thread Lists . gnupg
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 07:19:15AM -0500 Also sprach Jerry: On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:55:14 -0500 Robert J. Hansen r...@sixdemonbag.org articulated: On 2/19/11 9:53 AM, lists.gn...@mephisto.fastmail.net wrote: Think we'll see this included one day in OpenPGP, or will we just skip to SHA-3

Re: Help with OpenPGP plugin in Mozilla Thunderbird and Claws Mail

2011-02-16 Thread Lists . gnupg-users
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 05:38:47AM -0800 Also sprach AgoristTeen1994: Okay thanks for the help though I'm still somewhat confused...I understand that they key id is the entire keypair, but then how do I found out what is just my public key, and just my secret key, the reason Im asking is

Re: Help with OpenPGP plugin in Mozilla Thunderbird and Claws Mail

2011-02-15 Thread Lists . gnupg
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 05:38:47AM -0800 Also sprach AgoristTeen1994: Okay thanks for the help though I'm still somewhat confused...I understand that they key id is the entire keypair, but then how do I found out what is just my public key, and just my secret key, the reason Im asking is

Re: very short plaintexts symmetrically encrypted

2010-01-11 Thread lists . gnupg-users
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:02 +0100, Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:44:35 -0500, ved...@hush.com wrote: symmetrical encryption is a simple way to avoid signing, while still maintaining relative reliability of knowledge as to who sent the message That is not