Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-10-03 Thread mick crane
On 2018-10-02 17:09, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: You have the revocation key, don't you? somewhere safe hopefully -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-10-02 Thread tomas
On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 12:11:32PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2018-09-30 18:39, deloptes wrote: > > >Here is something I do not get - to encrypt I am asked for password - I > >guess it is for my secret key, no? > > with the mail GPG plugin I never use but tested between 2 email > identities.

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-10-02 Thread mick crane
On 2018-09-30 18:39, deloptes wrote: Here is something I do not get - to encrypt I am asked for password - I guess it is for my secret key, no? with the mail GPG plugin I never use but tested between 2 email identities. you can choose to generate a passphrase when you first make key pair to

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-30 Thread deloptes
Teemu Likonen wrote: > Encryption requires recipient's public [E] key only. It seems that, in > addition to encrypting, you are also signing the message. For that you > need a secret (sub)key that has signing capability [S]. Thank you! It is exactly how it is.

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-30 Thread Teemu Likonen
delop...@gmail.com [2018-09-30 19:39:03+02] wrote: > Teemu Likonen wrote: >> No. To encrypt you need recipients' public keys which have an encryption >> capability [E]. Usually there is an encryption subkey. To decrypt you >> need the secret key which is associated with the public [E] key that

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-30 Thread deloptes
Teemu Likonen wrote: > delop...@gmail.com [2018-09-30 01:09:05+02] wrote: > >> A key is associated with identity -> the email. With the sub keys you >> can add more identities. > > No. OpenPGP key's user id's (name, comment, email) are with the public > master key, not with subkeys. > OK,

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-30 Thread Teemu Likonen
delop...@gmail.com [2018-09-30 01:09:05+02] wrote: > A key is associated with identity -> the email. With the sub keys you > can add more identities. No. OpenPGP key's user id's (name, comment, email) are with the public master key, not with subkeys. > Still to encrypt you need the private key.

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-29 Thread deloptes
Jim Popovitch wrote: > On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 09:50 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >> If all you care about is the public keys for verifying signatures, >> then I say don't bother trying to proactively sync.  Just let each >> system get keys and key updates from the public keyservers as needed.

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-29 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 09:50 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > If all you care about is the public keys for verifying signatures, > then I say don't bother trying to proactively sync.  Just let each > system get keys and key updates from the public keyservers as needed. OK, that makes sense, and

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-29 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 09:37:43AM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > I get the secret key part. Are you saying to forget about syncing > public keys (from other's emails) and just let each client download > those from a public keyserver? If so, I may be over thinking the need to > sync GnuPG

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-29 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 09:16 +0200, deloptes wrote: > Jim Popovitch wrote: > > > Copying .gnupg is simple and easy, but not quite what I'm looking > > for. Imagine having to copy your email folders or address book from > > system to system, instead of using something like IMAP.  I suppose I > >

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-29 Thread deloptes
Jim Popovitch wrote: > Copying .gnupg is simple and easy, but not quite what I'm looking for. > Imagine having to copy your email folders or address book from system to > system, instead of using something like IMAP.  I suppose I could build > something that uses WebDav to sync .gnupg... I was

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-28 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 01:45 +0200, deloptes wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > You may find this article helpful: > > > > http://www.connexer.com/articles/openpgp-subkeys > > I think that a copy of .gnupg directory would mostly work. > If OP wants to be able to sign or encrypt with same

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-28 Thread deloptes
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > You may find this article helpful: > > http://www.connexer.com/articles/openpgp-subkeys I think that a copy of .gnupg directory would mostly work. If OP wants to be able to sign or encrypt with same key from more machines, I agree the link is useful, but

Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:33:44AM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: > Hello! > > What is the best way to maintain consistency of a user's gnupg > signing/verifying capabilities between 2 or more desktop systems? > You may find this article helpful: http://www.connexer.com/articles/openpgp-subkeys

Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

2018-09-28 Thread Jim Popovitch
Hello! What is the best way to maintain consistency of a user's gnupg signing/verifying capabilities between 2 or more desktop systems? tia, -Jim P. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part