On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 06:59:46PM +0200, Eike Herzbach wrote: > Hi, > > How do I generate an encryption key with gnupg? I tried some options > but it always generates me a sign-only key with an encryption subkey. > I need to receive encrypted financial data from a system that uses > PGP5. When I send in my key to that system it outputs me the > following: > > ----[PGP Ausgabeprotokoll]---- > Adding keys: > Key ring: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Type Bits KeyID Created Expires Algorithm Use > pub 1024 0xAF7B19C4 2006-09-25 ---------- DSS Sign only > sub 2048 0x508FA9D7 2006-09-25 ---------- Diffie-Hellman > uid Eike Herzbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Later when the system tries to send me an encrypted message it fails > and says that it can't encrypt with a Sign-only key. (I guess it is > not able to use the subkey and only sees the 'outer' key)
This is a problem in PGP 5. PGP 5 is extremely old and does not work well at this point. If you are being forced to use PGP 5 by a financial company, this does not say good things about the company. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users