GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2015-03-23 Thread Clark Rivard
Hi I installed GnuPG 1.4.19 - Command Line Only (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32cli-1.4.19.exe 1586k) I had existing keyrings and trustdb that I copied over to a new location. I am now trying to encrypt a file using the homedir option to point to the copied keyrings but am

Re: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2015-03-23 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:34, criv...@merkleinc.com said: I am now trying to encrypt a file using the homedir option to point to the copied keyrings but am getting this error message: You better run gpg --version to see which directory is the default homedir of GnuPG. You your files to that

Clarification on advisories

2015-03-23 Thread Sevan / Venture37
Hi, In the 1.4.19 announcement, the entry: Fixed bugs related to bogus keyrings. is the fix for CVE-2015-1606? https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.html The following commit appears to be present in 1.4.19

Re: Clarification on advisories

2015-03-23 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:31, ventur...@gmail.com said: In the 1.4.19 announcement, the entry: Fixed bugs related to bogus keyrings. is the fix for CVE-2015-1606? The Debian announcement describes this as The keyring parsing code did not properly reject certain packet types not belonging

RE: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2015-03-23 Thread Clark Rivard
Thanks, Werner. I got it to work. I had syntax errors in the gpg commands. Question though - the gpg.conf file is optional? If I want one I must create it? -Original Message- From: Werner Koch [mailto:w...@gnupg.org] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 10:49 AM To: Clark Rivard

RE: Email-only UIDs and verification (was: Making the case for smart cards for the average user)

2015-03-23 Thread Bob (Robert) Cavanaugh
Daniel, Checking my e-mail service. Did my response clip OK? Thanks, Bob Cavanaugh There are a lot of proposals in this thread, and you didn't trim the quoted text to isolate just one of them; can you be specific about which one you're talking about?

Re: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2015-03-23 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:29, criv...@merkleinc.com said: Question though - the gpg.conf file is optional? If I want one I must create it? Yes, it is optional. If you have more than one key it is advisable to create one and add --8---cut