Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
David Shaw wrote: > The point of the list is to indicate the algorithm that the user > prefers, in the order that the user prefers. Right, but where is this preference actually used? personal-*-prefs seems to rule the roost. Given how often this question ("why is it that updating my key prefs do

Encode problems?

2008-09-18 Thread Sharky @ PTNet
Hi all, I have installed gpg in my Windows XP box (at work) and trying to decrypt some file have this error: """ gpg: conversion from `utf-8' to `CP437' failed: Illegal byte sequence gpg: decifragem falhou: chave secreta nπo disponφvel """ How can I resolve this? :-P Many thanks for all, Sharky

Re: Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread Sven Radde
Robert J. Hansen schrieb: > Right, but where is this preference actually used? personal-*-prefs > seems to rule the roost. > Now, as the sender is the one that creates the message, you would have a hard time to force him doing something. Therefore it is quite reasonable to have the sender's pre

Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread Kevin Hilton
I think the problem is with the word preferences. The use of this word in the setpref command and in the personal-cipher/hash-preferences really doesn't convey what preferences are preferred over each other. The sender's preferences always trump the recipient's preferences. The use of personal-c

[Announce] Libgcrypt 1.4.3 released

2008-09-18 Thread Werner Koch
Hello! The GNU project is pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt version 1.4.3. Libgcrypt is a general purpose library of cryptographic building blocks. It is originally based on code used by GnuPG. It does not provide any implementation of OpenPGP or other protocols. Thorough unde

Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread David Shaw
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 08:23:21AM -0500, Kevin Hilton wrote: > I think the problem is with the word preferences. The use of this > word in the setpref command and in the > personal-cipher/hash-preferences really doesn't convey what > preferences are preferred over each other. The sender's prefer

Re: Export secret key from WinXP (GnuPG) 1.4.7 to AIX PGP Version 6.5.8 gives Bad Pass Phrase

2008-09-18 Thread rlively
David Shaw wrote: > > We're both right with regards to the facts of PGP 2.x. With all due > respect to Robert, I'm right with regards to whether it'll work. > > You have a modern OpenPGP program. Your correspondent has, or can be made > to have, a modern > OpenPGP program. Your correspondent

Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 01:07:39PM -0400, David Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 08:23:21AM -0500, Kevin Hilton wrote: > > I think the problem is with the word preferences. The use of this > > word in the setpref command and in the > > personal-cipher/hash-preferences really doesn't convey wh

Re: [Announce] Libgcrypt 1.4.3 released

2008-09-18 Thread Charly Avital
Werner Koch wrote the following on 9/18/08 11:23 AM: > Hello! > > The GNU project is pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt > version 1.4.3. > Hi Werner, Libgcrypt v1.4.3 has been configured as follows: Platform: Darwin (i386-apple-darwin9.5.0) $ libgcrypt-config --version 1.4.3

Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread David Shaw
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 02:30:29PM -0400, Mark H. Wood wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 01:07:39PM -0400, David Shaw wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 08:23:21AM -0500, Kevin Hilton wrote: > > > I think the problem is with the word preferences. The use of this > > > word in the setpref command an

Doe MediaCrypt (IDEA) exist anymore?

2008-09-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I need to use GnuPG with older keys using IDEA. This is for commecial use. I see that for commercial use, we need to purchase a license from MediaCrypt? But they do not seem to have a web sight anymore. What do I do now? Where can I purchase the IDEA license? Thaks Rob -- View this me

re: Export secret key from WinXP (GnuPG) 1.4.7 to AIX PGP Version 6.5.8 gives Bad Pass Phrase

2008-09-18 Thread vedaal
rlively 72ceot902 at sneakemail.com wrote Thu Sep 18 20:01:00 CEST 2008 on : contact with legacy v3 key wrote: >> we use McAfee e-Business Server v7.5 on our OS/390 >> mainframe as well as McAfee e-Business v8.x on Windows >> as well as GnuPG (gpg) with IDEA support DLL. >> I was able to decry

Re: Doe MediaCrypt (IDEA) exist anymore?

2008-09-18 Thread David Shaw
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 07:08:48AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > I need to use GnuPG with older keys using IDEA. This is for commecial use. > I see that for commercial use, we need to purchase a license from > MediaCrypt? But they do not seem to have a web sight anymore. What do I

Re: Export secret key from WinXP (GnuPG) 1.4.7 to AIX PGP Version 6.5.8 gives Bad Pass Phrase

2008-09-18 Thread David Shaw
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:01:00AM -0700, rlively wrote: > contact with legacy v3 key wrote: > > Won't be a problem... we use McAfee e-Business Server v7.5 on our OS/390 > > mainframe as well as McAfee e-Business v8.x on Windows as well as GnuPG > > (gpg) with IDEA support DLL. I was able to decr

Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread David Shaw
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 05:00:42AM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > David Shaw wrote: > > The point of the list is to indicate the algorithm that the user > > prefers, in the order that the user prefers. > > Right, but where is this preference actually used? personal-*-prefs > seems to rule the r

Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
David Shaw wrote: > The preferences on the keys are used by people encrypting a message > *to* those keys. It indicates that algorithms the keyholders prefer. If AES256 is listed first in personal-cipher-preferences, it doesn't matter if AES256 is listed first in the recipient's keyprefs or last;

Re: Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread David Shaw
On Sep 18, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: David Shaw wrote: The preferences on the keys are used by people encrypting a message *to* those keys. It indicates that algorithms the keyholders prefer. If AES256 is listed first in personal-cipher-preferences, it doesn't matter if AES25

Changing preferences

2008-09-18 Thread Kevin Hilton
> GnuPG in particular works like this: > > 1) Take the intersection of all recipients preference lists. This > rules out any algorithms that would be unusable by someone. > 2) Elect a "decider". The decider is the one person whose ordered > list we will honor the rankings for. If the user has sp