Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-06 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 22:26, kloec...@kde.org said: Supports GnuPG versions: 1.4, 2.0 FWIW: Kontact Touch has been developed against GnuPG 2.1. I am not sure whether it works with 2.0. The Linux version will likely work but the WindowsCE version won't work - but well, nobody is using the

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-06 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:22, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: I can add these: it shouldn't be a problem. The reason I'm using XHTML, incidentally, is to make it as easy as possible for you to convert it into org-mode: an hour's work with a SAX parser should be able to take care of most of it. If I

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread gnupg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/06/12 02:36, Robert J. Hansen wrote: I believe the etiquette is that the signed key block should be returned to the certificate's owner, for her/him to do what he/she deems convenient, e.g. upload it to a keyserver. I haven't found

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 6/5/2012 5:22 AM, gn...@lists.grepular.com wrote: FWIW, until I read somebody complaining about people uploading key signatures, instead of sending them to the key owner, it never occurred to me that it could possibly be a problem for anyone. I'll go one step further: my personal belief is

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Werner Koch
Hi, IMHO (Open)PGP's good repudiation comes to great extend from the fact, that it does not require rigor policies to use the keys. It is an ad-hoc scheme and that is what differences it from S/MIME and PKIX. It was my fault that I once set the no-modify flag for all new keys. In practice this

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Robert J. Hansen
The signer himself/herself should not upload the sign key block to a key server, or publish it in any other way, without the certificate's owner explicit authorization or request. The new text reads, Finally, if you have elected to make a normal signature you may wish to upload the

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:24, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: text and layout. If anyone has recommendations about this, please speak up now. With luck, we can have this thing to Werner by the end of the Some time ago I added custom ids to most questions; for example: ** What is the recommended

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Kevin Kammer
On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 09:11:13PM +0200 Also sprach Werner Koch: On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:35, lists.gn...@mephisto.fastmail.net said: require extensive manual configuration for it to work properly (but if you're using Mutt, you already know that). See http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttGuide/UseGPG

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:24, lists.gn...@mephisto.fastmail.net said: I don't know if this is a coincidence or not, but I will mention that for the first time in a long while, Mutt segfaulted when I tried to open a message on the gnupg mailing list... presumably when it tried I see two reasons

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 6/5/12 8:56 AM, Werner Koch wrote: Some time ago I added custom ids to most questions; for example: I can add these: it shouldn't be a problem. The reason I'm using XHTML, incidentally, is to make it as easy as possible for you to convert it into org-mode: an hour's work with a SAX parser

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-05 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Monday 04 June 2012, Robert J. Hansen wrote: Also, if there are any questions you feel are missing, throw them out too. Thank you! An addition for 4.11: Kontact [http://userbase.kde.org/Kontact]/Kontact Touch [http://userbase.kde.org/Kontact_Touch] Plugin? No (natively supported) Supports

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-04 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 6/4/12 12:35 PM, Kevin Kammer wrote: Section 2.6: For Solaris 11, gnupg is also available via the default IPS publisher. The version Oracle provides is 2.0.17 vs 2.0.18 from OpenCSW, but it is worth mentioning as it may satisfy parties who are unwilling (or unable) to install via

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-04 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:35, lists.gn...@mephisto.fastmail.net said: require extensive manual configuration for it to work properly (but if you're using Mutt, you already know that). See http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttGuide/UseGPG for configuration details. That is not true: Put set

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-04 Thread Charly Avital
Robert J. Hansen 4fcc11f2.6050...@sixdemonbag.org June 4, 2012 4:22:54 PM wrote: [snip] Also, if there are any questions you feel are missing, throw them out too. Thank you! Section 4.7 How do I validate another person’s certificate? does not deal with what one should do once she/he has

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-04 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 6/4/2012 4:39 PM, Charly Avital wrote: I believe the etiquette is that the signed key block should be returned to the certificate's owner, for her/him to do what he/she deems convenient, e.g. upload it to a keyserver. I haven't found widespread belief this is a community norm. There's a

Re: FAQ, take two

2012-06-04 Thread Charly Avital
Robert J. Hansen 4fcd629e.8010...@sixdemonbag.org June 4, 2012 10:38:58 PM wrote: [...] It's reasonable to present the controversy, and I'll make mention of it in the next revision. That's as far as I'll go. Fair enough, and thanks. Of course, ultimately Werner is the one who gets

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,