Re: debug-ccid-cardreader

2008-07-18 Thread Jelle de Jong
Jelle de Jong wrote: Jelle de Jong wrote: This message contains the following attachment(s): debug-ccid-cardreader.txt Hello everybody, Thank you for all your work on gnupg. I got a few issues with my smartcard system, it does not work anymore. I attached some debug info. Hopefully somebod

Re: question about hkp protocol

2008-07-18 Thread kurt c
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Clizbe wrote: > kurt c wrote: >> "sending of keys failed >> gpgkeys: this keyserver type only supports key retrieval >> gpg: sending key to hkp server keyserver.pramberger.at > > There is ABSOLUTELY NO security benefit to hiding the key

Re: question about hkp protocol

2008-07-18 Thread kurt c
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Clizbe wrote: > kurt c wrote: >> "sending of keys failed >> gpgkeys: this keyserver type only supports key retrieval >> gpg: sending key to hkp server keyserver.pramberger.at > > There is ABSOLUTELY NO security benefit to hiding the key

Re: debug-ccid-cardreader

2008-07-18 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > PIN retry counter : 3 0 3 > > gpg: verify CHV2 failed: invalid passphrase Somehow the second PIN got out of sync. gpg tries to sync the first 2 PINs but that fails because the retry counter is down to zero and thus the second PIN is blocked.

Re: debug-ccid-cardreader

2008-07-18 Thread Jelle de Jong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Werner Koch wrote: | On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: | |> PIN retry counter : 3 0 3 |> |> gpg: verify CHV2 failed: invalid passphrase | | Somehow the second PIN got out of sync. gpg tries to sync the first 2 | PINs but that fails b

Re: question about hkp protocol

2008-07-18 Thread John Clizbe
kurt c wrote: > Hi John, I really want to thank you for all your thorough explanations. You're welcome. > Yes, I did upgrade, and I have successfully sent in my public key to > keyservers using OpenPGP key management in my Enigmail, although I still > couldn't export the key to keyservers using m

Re: debug-ccid-cardreader

2008-07-18 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Now i still got the question why i cant verify my emails with my the > subkey system i have been using for years now did something change and > what can i do about it without changing my key infrastructure? The only change we did in 1.4.8 is

Re: debug-ccid-cardreader

2008-07-18 Thread Jelle de Jong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Werner Koch wrote: | On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: | |> Now i still got the question why i cant verify my emails with my the |> subkey system i have been using for years now did something change and |> what can i do about it witho

Re: question about hkp protocol

2008-07-18 Thread kurt c
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Clizbe wrote: > kurt c wrote: >> "sending of keys failed >> gpgkeys: this keyserver type only supports key retrieval >> gpg: sending key to hkp server keyserver.pramberger.at > > There is ABSOLUTELY NO security benefit to hiding the key

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Alexander W. Janssen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Berg wrote: > James P. Howard, II wrote: >> A minor vent: the problem now is the proliferation of mobile devices >> which make it too difficult to not top post. Users, at this point, >> are fooled into thinking this is the correct form due to

--export/import-ownertrust

2008-07-18 Thread David SMITH
Hi all, Could someone please explain what the --export/import-ownertrust commands actually do? I have a colleague who is basically using it to exchange key fingerprints - i.e. if Alice wants to tell her copy of GPG that Bob's key is valid, then she gets Bob to run gpg --export-ownertrust, send he

Re: debug-ccid-cardreader

2008-07-18 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > So my previous message and this message where properly signed? Then my Yes: gpg: Signature made Fri Jul 18 11:00:05 2008 CEST using RSA key ID 6F63E479 gpg: WARNING: signing subkey 6F63E479 is not cross-certified gpg: please see http://w

how can i backsig old keys with a smartcard system to solve the cross-certification workaround

2008-07-18 Thread Jelle de Jong
Werner Koch wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So my previous message and this message where properly signed? Then my Yes: gpg: Signature made Fri Jul 18 11:00:05 2008 CEST using RSA key ID 6F63E479 gpg: WARNING: signing subkey 6F63E479 is not cross-certified gpg

Re: how can i backsig old keys with a smartcard system to solve the cross-certification workaround

2008-07-18 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I tried searching the internet but found no solutions only this: > https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue673 Right, you hit this case. > The question now is, how can i backsig my old keys with my smartcard > system to solve the cross-certificati

[Jelle de Jong] Re: how can i backsign old keys with a smartcard system

2008-07-18 Thread Werner Koch
[Jelle asked me to forward his mail] --- Begin Message --- Werner Koch wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I tried searching the internet but found no solutions only this: https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue673 Right, you hit this case. The question now is, how can i

Re: [Jelle de Jong] Re: how can i backsign old keys with a smartcard system

2008-07-18 Thread Jelle de Jong
Werner Koch wrote: [Jelle asked me to forward his mail] thank you Werner (I had a little pebkac :-p) Subject: Re: how can i backsign old keys with a smartcard system From: Jelle de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:15:51 +0200 To: Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Werner

Encrypting external harddrive in windows vista with GnuPG

2008-07-18 Thread Kunal Shah
Hi, I need to encrypt external hard drive in windows vista with GnuPG. is there any tool available to achieve that? Regards Kunal Shah ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Encrypting external harddrive in windows vista with GnuPG

2008-07-18 Thread John Clizbe
Kunal Shah wrote: > I need to encrypt external hard drive in windows vista with GnuPG. is > there any tool available to achieve that? GnuPG isn't the right tool. Look at something like TrueCrypt (Generic advice since you do not state which OS you need to support.) -- John P. Clizbe

Re: Encrypting external harddrive in windows vista with GnuPG

2008-07-18 Thread David Shaw
On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Kunal Shah wrote: I need to encrypt external hard drive in windows vista with GnuPG. is there any tool available to achieve that? Not with GnuPG. That's not what GnuPG does. There are, however, a number of tools to encrypt hard drives. I suggest you Google for

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Berg
John B wrote: On 17 July 08, John Clizbe wrote: A4: Yes, *only* when introducing the text of a forwarded message Q4: Is it ever OK to top post? A: Wrong, it's *never* correct, it leads only to someone, *again*, trying to argue that somehow it's okay, and still discombobulates everything.

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Berg
Alexander W. Janssen wrote: Andrew Berg wrote: James P. Howard, II wrote: A minor vent: the problem now is the proliferation of mobile devices which make it too difficult to not top post. Users, at this point, are fooled into thinking this is the correct form due to the lack of a practical al

Re: question about hkp protocol

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Berg
kurt c wrote: what's the $ before "gpg for? It's part of the prompt string. $ is for a normal user, # for root (this is for Unix-like systems). Your headers indicate that you're using Windows (I have a nifty little extension for Thunderbird that scans headers for MUA information and displays

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Alexander W. Janssen
Andrew Berg wrote: > On a side note, is there any reason I didn't see the last message I sent > to the list? You're using Gmail... And probably IMAP? Common problem. Google calls it a "feature". You need to open the "All Mail" folder instead of the inbox. Cheers, Alex. signature.asc Descript

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Andrew Berg
Alexander W. Janssen wrote: Andrew Berg wrote: On a side note, is there any reason I didn't see the last message I sent to the list? You're using Gmail... And probably IMAP? Common problem. Google calls it a "feature". You need to open the "All Mail" folder instead of the inbox. I'm using POP3

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Alexander W. Janssen
Andrew Berg wrote: > Alexander W. Janssen wrote: >> Andrew Berg wrote: >>> On a side note, is there any reason I didn't see the last message >>> I sent to the list? >> >> You're using Gmail... And probably IMAP? Common problem. Google >> calls it a "feature". You need to open the "All Mail" fold

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Alexander W. Janssen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John B wrote: > Throw it away and get one that does things correctly? Unfortunately many people are stuck with inconvenient solution where they have no influence in getting something better. Ha. Me and my Outlook at work. Bargh. Alex. -BEGIN

Re: Encrypting external harddrive in windows vista with GnuPG

2008-07-18 Thread Kunal Shah
Thanks. Will take a look. Actually I did specify which OS. I am talking about Windows Vista. 2008/7/18 John Clizbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kunal Shah wrote: >> I need to encrypt external hard drive in windows vista with GnuPG. is >> there any tool available to achieve that? > > GnuPG isn't the righ

Re: Encrypting external harddrive in windows vista with GnuPG

2008-07-18 Thread Kunal Shah
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Clizbe wrote: | Kunal Shah wrote: |> I need to encrypt external hard drive in windows vista with GnuPG. is |> there any tool available to achieve that? | | GnuPG isn't the right tool. Look at something like TrueCrypt | (Generic advice since you

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread John B
On 18 July 08, Andrew Berg wrote: > John B wrote: > > On 17 July 08, John Clizbe wrote: > >> A4: Yes, *only* when introducing the text of a forwarded message > >> Q4: Is it ever OK to top post? > > > > A: Wrong, it's *never* correct, it leads only to someone, *again*, > > trying to argue that so

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
John B wrote: > That's what the subject line is for. After that, it should be all > reading as if one is reading a book and seeing things in the logical > order and way people were taught to read and respond. I don't know about you, but when I forward an academic paper on to a colleague, I write a

Re: Encrypting external harddrive in windows vista with GnuPG

2008-07-18 Thread John Clizbe
Kunal Shah wrote: > John Clizbe wrote: > | Kunal Shah wrote: > |> I need to encrypt external hard drive in windows vista with GnuPG. is > |> there any tool available to achieve that? > | > | GnuPG isn't the right tool. Look at something like TrueCrypt > | (Generic advice since you do not state whi