Re: using an OpenPGP card with Java (keytool and jarsigner)

2014-01-21 Thread Stefan Xenon
Am 08.01.2014 16:26, schrieb Hans-Christoph Steiner: > > > On 01/08/2014 07:02 AM, Werner Koch wrote: >> On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 15:32, h...@guardianproject.info said: >> >>> OpenPGP card as a PKCS11 keystore. It seems that things are close: Java can >>> use NSS as a provider of PKCS11. I guess the

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread arne renkema-padmos
On 21/01/14 14:03, Michael Anders wrote: > >> You mean what you personally consider insecure defaults. Please let's not >> confuse people by stating opinions as facts. You're entitled to your opinion, >> though. >> >> HTH, >> >> Peter. >> > > My opinion is that SHA1 should no longer be used. Of

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Steve Jones
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:39:13 +0100 Pete Stephenson wrote: > I've found http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/48 to be a > reasonably sensible guide for setting stronger preferences. I also added > Twofish and Blowfish after AES256 and AES, respectively. > > I've not heard of any

Re: Looking for simple wrapper for symmetric key file encryption

2014-01-21 Thread Ryan Sawhill
As already mentioned, you could decrypt the file to a ram disk -- the /dev/shm directory should already be there, but if you're trying to bypass creating an unnecessary file altogether, you need something else. I actually wrote a GUI frontend for this purpose (among others) a while back. It's call

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Pete Stephenson
On Jan 21, 2014 5:32 PM, "Hauke Laging" wrote: > > Am Di 21.01.2014, 16:06:36 schrieb Michael Anders: > > > I don't know if hash preference information is additionally attached > > to keys. I would guess it is not, it wouldn't make sense to me. > > Unfortunately that's not a reliable guide. > > ht

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Hauke Laging
Am Di 21.01.2014, 16:06:36 schrieb Michael Anders: > I don't know if hash preference information is additionally attached > to keys. I would guess it is not, it wouldn't make sense to me. Unfortunately that's not a reliable guide. http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg-devel/GPG-Esoter

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Anders
On Tue, 2014-01-21 at 14:19 +, Steve Jones wrote: > How do I prevent gnupg from using SHA1? Also how do I update my key to not > use SHA1 digests which it appears to be using, as well as listing SHA1 as my > second favourite algorithm. > I found a description in the web( http://sparkslinux

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Steve Jones
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:03:07 +0100 Michael Anders wrote: > My opinion is that SHA1 should no longer be used. > > A link on SHA1 security: > > https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/cryptanalysis_o.html How do I prevent gnupg from using SHA1? Also how do I update my key to not use SHA

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Anders
> You mean what you personally consider insecure defaults. Please let's not > confuse people by stating opinions as facts. You're entitled to your opinion, > though. > > HTH, > > Peter. > My opinion is that SHA1 should no longer be used. A link on SHA1 security: https://www.schneier.com/blog

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 21/01/14 10:45, Michael Anders wrote: > Yes, there is a necessity to have good GUI based installers that don't > need an experts assistance to get things right (and eventually change > the insecure gpg defaults for that matter...) You mean what you personally consider insecure defaults. Please

Re: Trouble reseting OpenPGP card after admin PIN lockout

2014-01-21 Thread Peter Lebbing
TL;DR: I think you might be helped by [4]. Do an "scd killscd" from gpg-connect-agent, install and start pcscd, install the Python module pyscard and run the script from [4]. By the way, if you have an OpenPGP v.1 card, you're screwed, they self-destruct on 3 wrong Admin PINs. On 21/01/14 02:37, P

Re: Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments without having to become expert?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Anders
>> Any way for two correspondents to set up gnupg within a few moments >> without having to become expert? >> >> The usual gnupg materials are very dense. > >Ask an "expert" to do the setup. After that usage is simple. In my opinion public license software is about empowering people. If you ne