Re: GPG Implementation of Symmetric Operations, and To-Self Encryption

2006-06-04 Thread Sergi Blanch i Torné
Hey! Too much things to answer... I will only respond some that I can know the answer, sorry. A Diumenge 04 Juny 2006 22:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: (...) > Thirdly, GPG is based upon a hybrid system entirely. The data of any > file is ALWAYS encrypted symmetrically, and a symmetric key i

Re: GPG Implementation of Symmetric Operations, and To-Self Encryption

2006-06-04 Thread Qed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On 06/04/2006 10:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Firstly, in pure RSA/ElGamal etc, there is no passphrase U - there's > numbers p,q,g,a,b, etc. Only when you encrypt. > The way I understand it: > Your secret key is encrypted using your passphra

GPG Implementation of Symmetric Operations, and To-Self Encryption

2006-06-04 Thread utternoncesense
I have a couple of questions about GPG that fall in the range above pure mathematical equations but below "You use this option." Mostly they're of the form "This is how I understand it now, can you confirm that I've got it?" Firstly, in pure RSA/ElGamal etc, there is no passphrase U - there's nu

Re: [lists] re: Signing vs. encrypting was: Cipher v public key

2006-06-04 Thread Todd Zullinger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Graham wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:33:14 -0400 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >> the cost is *astronomical* >> >> have played around with it when it was released as a free command >> line pgp 8.5 beta > [snipped] > > AFAIK this is the latest PG

Re: [lists] re: Signing vs. encrypting was: Cipher v public key

2006-06-04 Thread Graham
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:33:14 -0400 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While I prefer gnupg to pgp myself, I did just happen to see a > > reference to pgp command line today > > the cost is *astronomical* > > have played around with it when it was released as a free > command line pgp 8.5 beta [snipp

Smart-card daemon and PKCS#11

2006-06-04 Thread zvrba
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 After several independent queries about my PKCS#11 patch to gpg 1.4, I've decided to start an independent project and do the thing properly instead of keeping the patch up-to-date. The project aims to replace the scdaemon component of GnuPG 2 wit