>Message: 6 >Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:42:37 +0200 >From: Stefan Oltmanns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: GnuPG and PGP 5.0 compatibility problem
>I got a problem with GnuPG and PGP 5.0: >Also PGP 5 accepts my key, it is not possible for PGP 5 to encrypt >with >my key. It?s not even displayed in the selection dialog when I try >to >encrypt something (it shows identities correct in key list (but >expiration not)). > >I read in the FAQ that PGP 5.0 does not accept ElGamal keys of >type 20, >but my key doesn?t seem to be of that type (--list-packets says >"version >4, algo 16, created 1153340019, expires 0") ____^^^^^^^^ what is algo 16? standard current open pgp algorithms go up to algo 10 (twofish) for cipher algorithms, and algo 11 (sha224) for hash algorithms >There seem to be another problem, do you have any idea how to >solve it? just in case the algo '16' was a typo, maybe consider the following: am assuming the key was generated under the gnupg default settings, which would mean it would use cast5 as the cipher algo, which 'is' compatible with pgp 5 *but* the default setting for gnupg is to use the newer secret key protection, which is not compatible with any (standard) pgp version before 8 try: [1] delete the key from pgp 5 [2] remove the passphrase from the key in gnupg [3] re-import the key into pgp5, and set the passphrase in pgp5 [4] re-set the passphrase in gnupg and see if that works also, pgp5 accepts rsa keys only up to 2048 so if your key is a bigger rsa key, that is another reason why it won't work vedaal -- Click to get a free credit repair consultation, raise your FICO score http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4d7lw7nDSkAhHbDcPnEmxtJjWVdXcHMYC5vjIzxnx5cpygj1/ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
