Re: [Gpg4win-devel] GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Josef Schneider
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org wrote: I need to check how to access the default browser. It uses the class ID of InternetExplorer.Application to lookup IWebBrowser2. Usually just with ShellExecute and Windows figures out the details!

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:18, old...@oldbob.co.uk said: On my Window 7 64bit system, GnuPG 1.4.13 installed itself in c:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG\ - the 32bit section. When I installed Gpg4win, Yep, that is the default on English Windows systems. the installer offered install GPG2 in that

Re: How do I make the private key on a OpenPGP smartcard non exportable ?

2013-06-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:24, ndk.cla...@gmail.com said: First: I trust more the RNG on a card than a SW one A card based RNG is often nothing more than a PRNG with a card specific seed. Modern cards seem to have a real hardware RNG. Compared to actual hardware RNGs they are very limited and

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Bob Henson
On 25/06/2013 12:53 AM, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: On 06/24/2013 06:18 PM, Bob Henson wrote: When I ran regsvr32 c:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG2\bin\gpgex.dll it just caused an error, saying The module c:\program failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Bob Henson
On 24/06/2013 9:01 AM, Werner Koch wrote: Now you may want to test it out. Note that I also added an About menu which should always work, even if no UI-server is running. The translations are not yet included in the ZIP file. Having finally solved my problem with installation, I've been

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Josef Schneider
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org wrote: On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:18, old...@oldbob.co.uk said: As I can't run the 32 bit version of GPGex anyway on this system, can I not just overwrite the existing copy of gpgex.dll with the 64 bit one and reboot? Yes, you can. The

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Bob Henson
On 25/06/2013 9:40 AM, Josef Schneider wrote: On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org wrote: On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:18, old...@oldbob.co.uk said: As I can't run the 32 bit version of GPGex anyway on this system, can I not just overwrite the existing copy of gpgex.dll with

Re: [Gpg4win-devel] GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:38, jo...@netpage.dk said: Usually just with ShellExecute and Windows figures out the details! I do this way in GpgOL. However Marcus decided for soemthing different in GpgEX. I have a dark recollection that this was due to problems with Explorer plugins. The problem

Re: How do I make the private key on a OpenPGP smartcard non exportable ?

2013-06-25 Thread NdK
Il 25/06/2013 09:55, Werner Koch ha scritto: First: I trust more the RNG on a card than a SW one A card based RNG is often nothing more than a PRNG with a card specific seed. Modern cards seem to have a real hardware RNG. I'm referring to cards compatible with GlobalPlatform 2.1.1 (minimum),

using OpenPGP card as an X.509 CA?

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
I understand the OpenPGP card can hold one X.509 certificate Can this be used in practice to run an in-house CA to sign other X.509 certificates, e.g. for small VPN setups? Also, can the X.509 cert on the OpenPGP card be used with StrongSwan (as a client or server cert for VPN)?

using OpenPGP card as an X.509 CA?

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
I understand the OpenPGP card can hold one X.509 certificate Can this be used in practice to run an in-house CA to sign other X.509 certificates, e.g. for small VPN setups? Also, can the X.509 cert on the OpenPGP card be used with StrongSwan (as a client or server cert for VPN)?

Re: using OpenPGP card as an X.509 CA?

2013-06-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:43, dan...@pocock.com.au said: I understand the OpenPGP card can hold one X.509 certificate Actually the card does not hold any certifciate but merely the keys and OpenPGP fingerprints of the certificates. You can very well use such a key to create an X.509 certifciate:

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:25, old...@oldbob.co.uk said: GpgEx is now working just fine. I used to use another explorer extension ( I forget the name - I think it used to be in Gpg4win?) which stopped being developed so it will be handy to have one again. GpgEE. We replaced it by GpgEX because

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:40, jo...@netpage.dk said: But if you do this, the extension won't be available in 32bit processes! (32bit explorer.exe, file selection dialogues in 32bit Windows 7 64 bit has no more option to use a 32 bit explorer. This the the very reason for the 64 bit GpgEX ;-)

Re: using OpenPGP card as an X.509 CA?

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 25/06/13 15:28, Werner Koch wrote: On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:43, dan...@pocock.com.au said: I understand the OpenPGP card can hold one X.509 certificate Actually the card does not hold any certifciate but merely the keys and OpenPGP fingerprints of the certificates. You can very well use such

Transfer subkey to other keyring

2013-06-25 Thread Jack Bates
Hello, I want to transfer a subkey from one keyring to another, but I get the following error: gpg: key 7FABB65F: already in secret keyring gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: secret keys read: 1 gpg: secret keys unchanged: 1 Here is the command I am running: $ gpg

Re: Transfer subkey to other keyring

2013-06-25 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 06/25/2013 06:12 PM, Jack Bates wrote: Hello, I want to transfer a subkey from one keyring to another, but I get the following error: gpg: key 7FABB65F: already in secret keyring gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: secret keys read: 1 gpg: secret keys unchanged: 1

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Mark Rousell
On 25/06/2013 09:56, Bob Henson wrote: I put it in a separate directory in the end, so I should have the best of both worlds. I don't think I have any 32bit processes in use - but I'm covered anyway. If you run any 32bit programs at all (i.e. most applications) then the system-supplied file

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Mark Rousell
On 25/06/2013 14:31, Werner Koch wrote: On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:40, jo...@netpage.dk said: But if you do this, the extension won't be available in 32bit processes! (32bit explorer.exe, file selection dialogues in 32bit Windows 7 64 bit has no more option to use a 32 bit explorer. This the

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-25 Thread Mark Rousell
On 26/06/2013 03:25, Mark Rousell wrote: On 25/06/2013 09:56, Bob Henson wrote: I put it in a separate directory in the end, so I should have the best of both worlds. I don't think I have any 32bit processes in use - but I'm covered anyway. If you run any 32bit programs at all (i.e. most