Fips compliance

2010-09-01 Thread khaja mohideen
Hi All,    Am newbie to gpg encryption. My question is Is gpg FIPS compliance.  A quick search reveals its not. http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-January/030159.html Where as in this link its states that libgcrypt is FIPS complaint and its need to be put in that mode explici

Re: Redirecting STDIN

2010-09-01 Thread Werner Koch
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:40, jpboa...@yahoo.com said: > This problem exists with gpg and with the older pgp 2.x. I'd like to solve > it by redirecting STDIN because pgp 2.x doesn't implement the options that > you specify. Use --batch i you don't want to be asked. For automating GPG processing y

Re: problem with static libgpg-error 1.9 on MinGW

2010-09-01 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:28, mabr...@mabrand.nl said: > I have been working on updating from libgpg-error-1.8 to > libgpg-error-1.9 in mingw-cross-env. Mingw-cross-env is a cross Actually you may only build libgpg-error with a cross compiler; in particular mingw32 (but not using that newer (Debian

Re: Why do smart cards have a 'sex' option?

2010-09-01 Thread Peter Lebbing
> I just got my new crypto-stick, and it's pretty slick. I understand why > I'd want to set my name and language preferences, but I was trying to > come up with a good scenario where my sex would be useful, or what the > rational was for including that field. My guess is it is to address the user

Re: Fips compliance

2010-09-01 Thread Hideki Saito
> >Am newbie to gpg encryption. My question is > > Is gpg FIPS compliance. > > A quick search reveals its not. > > http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-January/030159.html > > Where as in this link its states that libgcrypt is FIPS complaint and its > need to be put in that mode e

Re: Offtopic: any German speakers who can help translate jokes to English

2010-09-01 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Tuesday 31 August 2010 at 3:47:24 PM, in , Ted Rolle Jr. wrote: > "Subject: Offtopic:..." Nothing's off-topic for this group. > It doesn't have to be perfect! I visit www.spitzenwitze.de and find > good jokes there. I don't get some

Re: Why do smart cards have a 'sex' option?

2010-09-01 Thread Grant Olson
On 9/1/10 5:17 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: >> I just got my new crypto-stick, and it's pretty slick. I understand why >> I'd want to set my name and language preferences, but I was trying to >> come up with a good scenario where my sex would be useful, or what the >> rational was for including that f

Re: Offtopic: any German speakers who can help translate jokes to English

2010-09-01 Thread Bernhard Kleine
Am Mittwoch, den 01.09.2010, 18:26 +0100 schrieb MFPA: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi > > > On Tuesday 31 August 2010 at 3:47:24 PM, in > , Ted Rolle Jr. wrote: > > > > "Subject: Offtopic:..." > > > Nothing's off-topic for this group. Good jokes are always encryp