rlively 72ceot902 at sneakemail.com wrote on Tue Sep 16 16:08:25 CEST 2008 :
>so I decided to generate the keys on GnuPG >on Windows and then export to the AIX server. >I've tried it now multiple times with different keys, >and each time I try to >edit the key or decrypt something I get errors on AIX pgp 6.5.8 is way behind many of the newer features of gnupg the two main problems are: [1] newer algorithms not included in 6.5.8 (AES, TWOFISH) [2] newer secret-key protection [3] insistence of using IDEA to encrypt to ANY RSA key (v3 or v4) (even those generated without IDEA capability) workaround: use the following options in gnupg: --simple-sk-checksum --s2k-cipher-algo 3DES --s2k-digest-algo SHA-1 then generate DH/DSA keypair in gnupg and import it to 6.5.8 then, for all further correspondence from gnupg to 6.5.8 just use the option --pgp6 and 6.5.8 should be able to decrypt and verify anything with that DH/DSA key vedaal any ads or links below this message are added by hushmail without my endorsement or awareness of the nature of the link -- Enhance your home's curb appeal with name brand shutters. Click now. http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4dZri5qidhmJJYq1o89vVMUCNUzpxeFuQvf8IenacjHe183V/ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users