Re: FAQ and GNU

2017-10-09 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> However, if the GnuPG FAQ is talking about an operating system built > from the Linux kernel and the GNU userland (coreutils, libc, etc), then > "GNU/Linux" is not only the respectful term to use, it's the more > accurate and precise term. I disagree. It's a more political term. With respect t

Re: FAQ and GNU

2017-10-09 Thread Thomas Harning Jr.
On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:20 PM, Francesco Ariis wrote: > Hello Robert, > > On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 10:06:17PM -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> A request has been made that each instance of "Linux" in the FAQ be >> replaced with "GNU/Linux". > GNU/Linux assumes a GNU userland. There exists some

Re: FAQ and GNU

2017-10-09 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Mon 2017-10-09 22:06:17 -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > A request has been made that each instance of "Linux" in the FAQ be > replaced with "GNU/Linux". > > I'm not inclined to make this change. However, in order to make sure > that the FAQ reflects the community's wishes, I'm submitting the >

Re: Safe transfer via USB devices

2017-10-09 Thread Ángel
On 2017-10-09 at 18:05 +, listo factor wrote: > Use a USB floppy disk reader/writer and shred the floppies with > cleartext after the use. Writing sensitive cleartext to USB flash > "drives" that could potentially fall into the adversary's hands should > be avoided. What is generally used i

Re: FAQ and GNU

2017-10-09 Thread Michael Englehorn
On 2017-10-09 21:06, Robert J. Hansen wrote: A request has been made that each instance of "Linux" in the FAQ be replaced with "GNU/Linux". I think it's redundant, besides, what if I were to replace all of the userland utilities with my own, or some other non-gnu userland? It would still be L

Re: FAQ and GNU

2017-10-09 Thread Francesco Ariis
Hello Robert, On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 10:06:17PM -0400, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > A request has been made that each instance of "Linux" in the FAQ be > replaced with "GNU/Linux". A request has been made by whom? > I'm not inclined to make this change. However, in order to make sure > that the F

Re: Working with an Online and Offline Computer when using GnuPG - Best Practice?

2017-10-09 Thread Duane Whitty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 17-10-09 11:30 PM, Duane Whitty wrote: > > > On 17-10-09 01:53 PM, Stefan Claas wrote: >> Hi all, > >> A question for the experts. > >> I plan to buy me a little Netbook next year, to use it as an >> Offline Computer, for GnuPG usage. The i

Re: Working with an Online and Offline Computer when using GnuPG - Best Practice?

2017-10-09 Thread Duane Whitty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 17-10-09 01:53 PM, Stefan Claas wrote: > Hi all, > > A question for the experts. > > I plan to buy me a little Netbook next year, to use it as an > Offline Computer, for GnuPG usage. The idea is to use my Online > Computer to send and receiv

FAQ and GNU

2017-10-09 Thread Robert J. Hansen
A request has been made that each instance of "Linux" in the FAQ be replaced with "GNU/Linux". I'm not inclined to make this change. However, in order to make sure that the FAQ reflects the community's wishes, I'm submitting the proposal here for community feedback. If anyone has strong feelings

Re: Working with an Online and Offline Computer when using GnuPG - Best Practice?

2017-10-09 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> I think perhaps this is a little low-bandwidth for security updates for > your OS. By the way, you could use a USB-to-serial converter and use a > serial cable. The problem with USB is sharing the same USB device > between multiple computers. If you always use the same converter in the > same com

Re: Safe transfer via USB devices

2017-10-09 Thread Stefan Claas
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 18:05:20 +, listo factor via Gnupg-users wrote: > Use a USB floppy disk reader/writer and shred the floppies with > cleartext after the use. Writing sensitive cleartext to USB flash > "drives" that could potentially fall into the adversary's hands > should be avoided. Than

Safe transfer via USB devices

2017-10-09 Thread listo factor via Gnupg-users
Use a USB floppy disk reader/writer and shred the floppies with cleartext after the use. Writing sensitive cleartext to USB flash "drives" that could potentially fall into the adversary's hands should be avoided. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-us

Re: Working with an Online and Offline Computer when using GnuPG - Best Practice?

2017-10-09 Thread Stefan Claas
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 20:12:33 +0200, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 09/10/17 18:53, Stefan Claas wrote: > > My idea is to use the software minimodem between the two > > Computers, connected, when required, via audio cables. > > I think perhaps this is a little low-bandwidth for security updates > for y

Re: Working with an Online and Offline Computer when using GnuPG - Best Practice?

2017-10-09 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 09/10/17 18:53, Stefan Claas wrote: > My idea is to use the software minimodem between the two > Computers, connected, when required, via audio cables. I think perhaps this is a little low-bandwidth for security updates for your OS. By the way, you could use a USB-to-serial converter and use a

Working with an Online and Offline Computer when using GnuPG - Best Practice?

2017-10-09 Thread Stefan Claas
Hi all, A question for the experts. I plan to buy me a little Netbook next year, to use it as an Offline Computer, for GnuPG usage. The idea is to use my Online Computer to send and receive messages and to encrypt and decrypt messages to use the Offline Computer. So far so good. My question is wh

Re: Available Key Attributes Options

2017-10-09 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 15:04, a...@nitrokey.com said: > I can manipulate the key attributes. But I am wondering where I can find > out what options I have for the last to paramters. Use the source, Luke. > So when do I have to use the '22' and in which case a '18'? Does it say That is the OpenPGP

RE: Use of Passphrase Callback

2017-10-09 Thread SHARMA Sandhya (MORPHO)
Reminder From: SHARMA Sandhya (MORPHO) Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 5:35 PM To: 'gnupg-users@gnupg.org' Subject: RE: Use of Passphrase Callback Hello, Does anyone has idea how to implement this. As I have urgent business need to do it ASAP. Thanks, Sandhya From: SHARMA Sandhya (MORPHO)

disabled keys

2017-10-09 Thread rennfrikadelle--- via Gnupg-users
Hello, if a key is disabled, does that prevent operations that are applied on the whole key ring? E.g. does --refresh-keys skip disabled keys? Thanks ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: libpampoldi

2017-10-09 Thread rennfrikadelle--- via Gnupg-users
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 10:37, a...@mecadu.org said: >> I think poldi source code caan be found here: https://github.com/gpg/poldi > > Note that the canonical location for Poldi is > > git://git.gnupg.org/poldi.git > > The github page actually states that this is an unofficial mirror. If > you

Available Key Attributes Options

2017-10-09 Thread Alexander Paetzelt | Nitrokey
Hello, I already asked a similar question but wasn't so clear what I really need, so I give it a new try. With these kind of commands $ gpg-connect-agent "SCD SETATTR KEY-ATTR --force 1 22 ed25519" /bye $ gpg-connect-agent "SCD SETATTR KEY-ATTR --force 2 18 cv25519" /bye $ gpg-connect-agent "SCD

Re: libpampoldi

2017-10-09 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 10:37, a...@mecadu.org said: > I think poldi source code caan be found here: https://github.com/gpg/poldi Note that the canonical location for Poldi is git://git.gnupg.org/poldi.git The github page actually states that this is an unofficial mirror. If you want to report a

Re: libpampoldi

2017-10-09 Thread Alci
I think poldi source code caan be found here: https://github.com/gpg/poldi After a long inactivity, there has been commit less rhan one year ago. It is available and working in ubuntu as well. Regards, Franck Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Sony Xperia™ rennfrikadelle--- via Gnupg-users a

Re: libpampoldi

2017-10-09 Thread Alexander Paetzelt | Nitrokey
Hi, as far as I know poldi did not get updates for a long time. It is either abandoned or considered "finished". Well, there probably isn't changing a lot in this topic anyway. Which OS do you use? It is available for Debian-like Distros and Arch Linux for sure. I did not looked for other Distros