OpenSSL vs GPG for encrypting files? Security best practices?

2018-11-02 Thread Nicholas Papadonis
Security Experts, I'm considering encrypting a tar archive and optionally a block file system (via FUSE) using either utility. Does anyone have comments on the best practices and tools for either? I read that the OpenSSL AES-CBC CLI mode is prone to a malleable attack vector and it's CLI

Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL vs GPG for encrypting files? Security best practices?

2018-11-02 Thread Michael Wojcik
> From: openssl-users on behalf of Nicholas > Papadonis > Sent: Friday, November 2, 2018 14:29 > I read Where? It's hard for us to determine the quality of your source, or your interpretation of it, if we don't know what it is. > that the OpenSSL AES-CBC CLI mode is prone to a malleable

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Juergen BRUCKNER
Hello Dirk, Am 02.11.18 um 15:20 schrieb Dirk Gottschalk via Gnupg-users: > You mean, you "tampered" with the file and the signature is still > valid? Are you sure? Then Adome does sometging really bad, IMHO. > > Such a signature should ensure that the file is unmodified completely. > otherwise

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Wiktor Kwapisiewicz via Gnupg-users
On 02.11.2018 15:35, Dirk Gottschalk wrote: > I prefer GPG. And no, GPG does not lack timestamping, a timestamp is > included in every signature. Signature creation date is not the same as timestamping. As for why you may consider the problem of validating signatures made by revoked keys. Without

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Stefan Claas
Am 02.11.18 um 15:20 schrieb Dirk Gottschalk: Hello Stefan. Am Freitag, den 02.11.2018, 12:53 +0100 schrieb Stefan Claas: Hi Wiktor, thanks a lot! Now this is awesome... i just timestamped my already signed .pdf with Adobe Reader DC and this does not invalidate my qualified signature, when

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Dirk Gottschalk via Gnupg-users
Hello Wiktor. Am Donnerstag, den 01.11.2018, 20:14 +0100 schrieb Wiktor Kwapisiewicz: > On 01.11.2018 11:19, stefan.cl...@posteo.de wrote: > Do you mean X.509 is technically good or just more widely supported > in software than OpenPGP? For me there are only few cases where X.509 >

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Dirk Gottschalk via Gnupg-users
Hello Stefan. Am Freitag, den 02.11.2018, 12:53 +0100 schrieb Stefan Claas: > > Hi Wiktor, > > thanks a lot! Now this is awesome... i just timestamped my already > signed .pdf with Adobe Reader DC and this does not invalidate my > qualified signature, when saving the document again! :-) I must

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Dirk Gottschalk via Gnupg-users
Hi guys. Am Freitag, den 02.11.2018, 12:53 +0100 schrieb Stefan Claas: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 12:20:43 +0100, Wiktor Kwapisiewicz wrote: > > On 02.11.2018 10:53, Stefan Claas wrote: > > > Simply one can use a time stamping service, based on blockchain > > > technology. I can then time stamp the

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Stefan Claas
On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 12:20:43 +0100, Wiktor Kwapisiewicz wrote: > On 02.11.2018 10:53, Stefan Claas wrote: > > Simply one can use a time stamping service, based on blockchain > > technology. I can then time stamp the .pdf. and put also a > > statement in the .pdf that the file is timestamped and

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Wiktor Kwapisiewicz via Gnupg-users
On 02.11.2018 10:53, Stefan Claas wrote: > Simply one can use a time stamping service, based on blockchain > technology. I can then time stamp the .pdf. and put also a > statement in the .pdf that the file is timestamped and don't must > worry in the future if one MITM would try (and why?) to

Re: Slightly OT - i need the proper wording for a signed document

2018-11-02 Thread Stefan Claas
On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 23:50:48 +0100, Stefan Claas wrote: Hi veedal, > > A simple, but slightly tedious workaround, would be to GnuPG Armor > > Sign the .pdf > > > > The elDAS signature will still work, but the Armored Signed message > > is much harder to alter, and such alteration is detectable