Re: Problem: cannot generate / copy keys larger than 1024bit on my OpenPGP-compatible card

2012-06-03 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 17:39, mli...@robin-kipp.net said: 2012-06-02 15:46:48 scdaemon[6044] pcsc_transmit failed: not transacted (0x80100016) What reader are you using? It is possible that your reader does not support extended length APDUs, which are required for v2 cards. Shalom-Salam,

Re: context menu command Import OpenPGP Key

2012-06-03 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 23:50, i...@euemd.info said: please can someone explain when the context menu command Import OpenPGP Key (on an attached key) is active or inactive (grayed out)? I cannot You mean in the Windows file explorer extension GpgEX? IIRC, it works solely by matching on the file

Re: Problem: cannot generate / copy keys larger than 1024bit on my OpenPGP-compatible card

2012-06-03 Thread Robin Kipp
Hi Werner, Am 03.06.2012 um 12:29 schrieb Werner Koch: What reader are you using? It is possible that your reader does not support extended length APDUs, which are required for v2 cards. Hmmm, very interesting. I'm using an OMNIKEY 6121 USB card reader, which I purchased along with my

Re: Problem: cannot generate / copy keys larger than 1024bit on my OpenPGP-compatible card

2012-06-03 Thread Branko Majic
Well, OmniKey is famous for not working with stock libccid and extended apdus. I had such problems with the OpenSC pkcs#11 and pcscd. Can you try smaller key sizes (never worked with OpenPGP, but it solved the issue for me - using 1k keys instead of 2k) Robin Kipp mli...@robin-kipp.net wrote:

GnuPG 2.1 Windows 7, pinentry does not allow paste, no way to bypass?

2012-06-03 Thread L G
Had a little adventure this morning with GnuPG 2.x on Windows 7 and decided to revert to 1.4. During command line decryption, pinentry opens a popup window for the passphrase. In the pinentry window, paste (Ctl+V) is not supported. Deal breaker. I read through the forums and could not find a way

Re: Problem: cannot generate / copy keys larger than 1024bit on my OpenPGP-compatible card

2012-06-03 Thread Robin Kipp
Hi, Am 03.06.2012 um 16:46 schrieb Branko Majic: Well, OmniKey is famous for not working with stock libccid and extended apdus. I had such problems with the OpenSC pkcs#11 and pcscd. Can you try smaller key sizes (never worked with OpenPGP, but it solved the issue for me - using 1k keys

Re: Problem: cannot generate / copy keys larger than 1024bit on my OpenPGP-compatible card

2012-06-03 Thread Robin Kipp
Hi Werner, Am 03.06.2012 um 16:45 schrieb Werner Koch: All OMNIKEY based readers don't work with Linux or other free OS when Extended Length APDUs are required. I did a few hacks to allow the internal ccid driver to _sometimes_ work. libccid (of libpcsclite) has a list of supported readers

Re: Problem: cannot generate / copy keys larger than 1024bit on my OpenPGP-compatible card

2012-06-03 Thread Branko Majic
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 17:45:16 +0200 Robin Kipp mli...@robin-kipp.net wrote: Hi, Am 03.06.2012 um 16:46 schrieb Branko Majic: Well, OmniKey is famous for not working with stock libccid and extended apdus. I had such problems with the OpenSC pkcs#11 and pcscd. Can you try smaller key

Re: GnuPG 2.1 Windows 7, pinentry does not allow paste, no way to bypass?

2012-06-03 Thread Hauke Laging
Am So 03.06.2012, 07:46:41 schrieb L G: During command line decryption, pinentry opens a popup window for the passphrase. In the pinentry window, paste (Ctl+V) is not supported. Deal breaker. I read through the forums and could not find a way around this. man gpg-agent --no-grab Hauke --

Re: GnuPG 2.1 Windows 7, pinentry does not allow paste, no way to bypass?

2012-06-03 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2012-06-03 18:19, Hauke Laging wrote: Am So 03.06.2012, 07:46:41 schrieb L G: During command line decryption, pinentry opens a popup window for the passphrase. In the pinentry window, paste (Ctl+V) is not supported. Deal breaker. I read

Re: Problem: cannot generate / copy keys larger than 1024bit on my OpenPGP-compatible card

2012-06-03 Thread Sevan / Venture37
Hi Rob, I was having the same issue on FreeBSD recently manage to address the issue, it turned out to be the internal CCID driver which was the cause of the problem, what worked for me was to install pcsc-lite libccid, then set my ~/gnupg/scdaemon.conf as: disable-ccid pcsc-driver libpcsclite.so

Re: GnuPG 2.1 Windows 7, pinentry does not allow paste, no way to bypass?

2012-06-03 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 6/3/2012 10:46 AM, L G wrote: During command line decryption, pinentry opens a popup window for the passphrase. In the pinentry window, paste (Ctl+V) is not supported. Deal breaker. Storing your passphrase in the clipboard is generally considered unwise and harmful. Your passphrase is a

Re: GnuPG 2.1 Windows 7, pinentry does not allow paste, no way to bypass?

2012-06-03 Thread L G
Storing your passphrase in the clipboard is generally considered unwise and harmful. Your passphrase is a high-value secret: putting it on the clipboard makes it visible to every other process on your system (including malware!). I understand the risk, and your point is valid. However, if

FAQ, take two

2012-06-03 Thread Robert J. Hansen
The unofficial FAQ is approaching completion. At this point I think it's about two-thirds done. By this I mean most of the writing is complete. Every FAQ entry should have at least a couple of sentences of text. Some will have more, some less. This FAQ is not meant to be a GnuPG tutorial,

Re: system migration

2012-06-03 Thread John
Robert J. Hansen r...@sixdemonbag.org wrote in message news:4FC7C648.50606__35276.7587443397$1338492522$gmane$o...@sixdemonbag.org... On 5/31/12 3:19 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: Hello. I am moving my system onto another machine, and it will require my reinstalling everything, not simply

Re: GnuPG 2.1 Windows 7, pinentry does not allow paste, no way to bypass?

2012-06-03 Thread yyy
On 2012.06.03. 23:07, Robert J. Hansen wrote: On 6/3/2012 10:46 AM, L G wrote: During command line decryption, pinentry opens a popup window for the passphrase. In the pinentry window, paste (Ctl+V) is not supported. Deal breaker. Storing your passphrase in the clipboard is generally

Re: GnuPG 2.1 Windows 7, pinentry does not allow paste, no way to bypass?

2012-06-03 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 06/03/2012 11:50 PM, yyy wrote: So, if one is incapable of remembering strong passwords (passphrses), this forces them to use either useless passphrase (breakable in less than 5 min using dictionary) or use no passphrase at all. If your passphrase is stored on a file on your computer, then