Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Remco Rijnders
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 09:06:20AM +1100, Ben McGinnes wrote: Although I've received other email from the OP that did not include the footer, so now I'm curious to know where it came from, especially since he is using the GMail MX servers. Hi Ben, I exchanged a few emails off list with the

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:40, k...@grant-olson.net said: - GPG4WIN is the right package to install gpg2 on windows, so you've got the right installer. It's a shame GPA doesn't work with a screen reader. What is the problem with GPA? It is a plain gtk+ application and thus should have the same

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jonathan Ely
I use a screen reader called JAWS For Windows. The GUI is not screen reader accessible, meaning I can not use the Arrow keys, Tab, Shift+Tab and any other navigational keys to use the GPA utility like you can with the mouse. I really hate that; people have no idea how much it annoys me. I might

GPG and PGP

2011-03-14 Thread Gloria.Teo
Hi, 1. I've tried to install PGP 6.5.8 on SUSE SLES 11 and it doesn't work. I gave up and 2. Try to import the pgp (6.5.8) keys (public and private) on my server (SUSE SLES 11) with GPG 2.0.9. While importing the private key, I get gpg: key B5AC473D: secret key imported

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jonathan Ely
I think I made the mistake of using HTML format the first time then learnt my signature failed to validate. I realised it was because of the HTML check box being checked; thus, I have disabled that. I have also disabled the text signature for replies. On 14/03/2011 02:24 AM, Remco Rijnders wrote:

Re: RSA Versus DSA and EL GAMAL

2011-03-14 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 03/13/2011 09:21 PM, Jonathan Ely wrote: I apologise in advance if this is a stupid question to ask now or if people already asked it before I stepped on the scene, but which algorithm is more secure: DSA and EL GAMAL or RSA? I know the latter has undergone a ridiculous amount of scrutiny

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:28:02 -0700 Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us articulated: [snip] This entire thread breaks down to a few simple principals of which the most prominent one is if you are going to become a slave to the past. While one's method may be more circuitous than another's is

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 3/14/2011 8:23 AM, Jerry wrote: The point being that at some point you have to move on. Yes, exactly. At some point *you* have to move on -- but you don't get to say if, or when, other people decide to move on. For the time being, a lot of people are still on platforms that use outdated

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:57, thaj...@gmail.com said: I use a screen reader called JAWS For Windows. The GUI is not screen reader accessible, meaning I can not use the Arrow keys, Tab, Shift+Tab I see that you are talking about GPA for Windows. It is quite possible that this is not up to what the

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:23, gnupg.u...@seibercom.net said: Perhaps a possible solution would be to freeze GNUPG at its present state of development. Now, start the creation of a new branch that Fortunately this is not required. GnuPG does not know about mail; it does not even know about

Re: GPG and PGP

2011-03-14 Thread vedaal
Gloria.Teo at bit.admin.ch Gloria.Teo at bit.admin.ch wrote on Mon Mar 14 11:23:26 CET 2011 : gpg: epflpepfl: preference for cipher algorithm 1 Cipher Algorithm 1 is IDEA, and was used as a default cipher for RSA keys by 6.5.8 GnuPG does not use IDEA although it will accept the IDEA module.

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:17:59 -0400 Robert J. Hansen r...@sixdemonbag.org articulated: On 3/14/2011 8:23 AM, Jerry wrote: The point being that at some point you have to move on. Yes, exactly. At some point *you* have to move on -- but you don't get to say if, or when, other people decide

Re: hashed user IDs [was: Re: Security of the gpg private keyring?]

2011-03-14 Thread Vlad SATtva Miller
MFPA: Trust is not transitive. If A trusts B and B trusts C, there is no requirement that A trusts C. In real life, true. But what about the GnuPG default of trusting a key that carries certifications from 1 fully trusted or 3 marginally trusted keys. Unless you manually inspect each trust

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:17, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: Inline signatures /are/ standards. RFC 4880 is far newer than RFC 3156: by your logic, 4880 should supersede 3156 and we should all move to the current standard and abandon 3156 support. You are mixing the MIME standards with the OpenPGP

Re: GPG and PGP

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:50, ved...@nym.hush.com said: (btw, Disastry is the one who wrote the IDEA.dll module, specifically to bridge the gap between gnupg and pgp users.) Hmmm, the signature claims that I wrote it. However, I still recommend not to use it. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die

Re: GPG and PGP

2011-03-14 Thread vedaal
iOn Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:50:29 -0400 Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org wrote: On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:50, ved...@nym.hush.com said: (btw, Disastry is the one who wrote the IDEA.dll module, specifically to bridge the gap between gnupg and pgp users.) Hmmm, the signature claims that I wrote it. I