Re: Transfer subkey to other keyring

2013-06-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:12, di4...@nottheoilrig.com said: Hello, I want to transfer a subkey from one keyring to another, but I get the following error: Do you want to put a subkey under a different primary key? There are no command line options for that. Recall that a subkey is bound by a key

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 04:25, markr-gn...@signal100.com said: If you run any 32bit programs at all (i.e. most applications) then the system-supplied file open/save dialogs for those programs with be 32bit and so these will use 32bit Explorer extensions. I was not ware that GpgEX is also used by

subkeys on smartcard?

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel Pocock
I understand this is a bit old, but I believe the concept is still current: http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/card-howto/en/smartcard-howto-single.html#id2507429 Essentially, can anyone confirm why it is recommended to only store subkeys on a smart card? a) is it because of the risk that the card

Re: subkeys on smartcard?

2013-06-26 Thread Pete Stephenson
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au wrote: I understand this is a bit old, but I believe the concept is still current: http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/card-howto/en/smartcard-howto-single.html#id2507429 Essentially, can anyone confirm why it is recommended to only

Re: subkeys on smartcard?

2013-06-26 Thread Hauke Laging
Am Mi 26.06.2013, 15:10:19 schrieb Daniel Pocock: Essentially, can anyone confirm why it is recommended to only store subkeys on a smart card? That has little to do with smartcards. Mainkeys should always be stored and used safely (offline). Smartcards are typically used in an unsafe

Re: subkeys on smartcard?

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26/06/13 15:30, Hauke Laging wrote: Am Mi 26.06.2013, 15:10:19 schrieb Daniel Pocock: Essentially, can anyone confirm why it is recommended to only store subkeys on a smart card? That has little to do with smartcards. Mainkeys should always

Another GpgEX test version

2013-06-26 Thread Werner Koch
Hi! I just uploaded another test version of GpgEX (the GnuPG Explorer Plugin) for Windows 32 and 64 bit. These are just the bare standalone DLLs without an installer. If you are using a 64 bit Windows system with Gpg4win, you may want to test these DLL:

Re: subkeys on smartcard?

2013-06-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:42, dan...@pocock.com.au said: The only other issue that arises then is longevity: is a smartcard considered more or less stable than any other type of device for long term key storage? I doubt that. Although smartcards are pretty robust they might still break for

Loading authentication subkey into gpg-agent?

2013-06-26 Thread Lars Kellogg-Stedman
Hello all, Is there a way -- not involving third-party tools -- to load an authentication capable subkey stored in my GPG keyring into a running GPG agent? I can use 'monkeysphere subkey-to-ssh-agent' (and I am, and it works fine), but given that both sides of this equation are from the same

Re: Transfer subkey to other keyring

2013-06-26 Thread Jack Bates
On 26/06/13 02:30 AM, Werner Koch wrote: On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:12, di4...@nottheoilrig.com said: Hello, I want to transfer a subkey from one keyring to another, but I get the following error: Do you want to put a subkey under a different primary key? There are no command line options for