Extra key best solution for very insecure locations?

2007-05-07 Thread Jim Berland
Hello everybody, I'm trying to find the best solution for using GPG on a USB drive while travelling. I read the FAQ about subkeys which suggests to only use subkeys on insecure computers. As far as I understand this, though, anybody who got hold of my private subkeys would still be able to read a

Re: Extra key best solution for very insecure locations?

2007-05-07 Thread David Shaw
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:27:55PM +0800, Jim Berland wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I'm trying to find the best solution for using GPG on a USB drive > while travelling. > > I read the FAQ about subkeys which suggests to only use subkeys on > insecure computers. As far as I understand this, thoug

W32 version tries to write to /dev/null

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Berg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 I used the -n switch to simulate signing and it returned an error saying that /dev/null doesn't exist. gpg -v -n -o "somefile" -s "someotherfile" returns gpg: can't create `/dev/null': No such file or directory gpg: signing failed: file create err

re: Extra key best solution for very insecure locations?

2007-05-07 Thread vedaal
Jim Berland berland at gmail.com wrote on Mon May 7 10:27:55 CEST 2007 >I'm trying to find the best solution for using GPG >on a USB drive while travelling. >insecure computers... >heavily infected Windows PCs >in internet cafes. there is a simple and relatively secure solution: [1] car

Re: Extra key best solution for very insecure locations?

2007-05-07 Thread Robert J. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 > I'm trying to find the best solution for using GPG on a USB drive > while travelling. The (regrettably) short version: there isn't one. Physical control of hardware is a prerequisite for the safe use of any security software. Without that phys

Re: W32 version tries to write to /dev/null

2007-05-07 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > gpg: can't create `/dev/null': No such file or directory > gpg: signing failed: file create error Fixed in my working copy by using /dev/nul instead. Also for gpg2. Shalom-Salam, Werner ___

PRZ hospitalized

2007-05-07 Thread Robert J. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 According to Jon Callas, PRZ has been hospitalized for cardiac surgery. Callas says there's "no ... immediate danger, but they're pushing him into the hospital quicker than any reasonable person would like". I have no idea how to get well-wis