Usability of OpenSSL vs GNUPG

2019-12-14 Thread Dave via Gnupg-users
I've been playing around some with OpenSSL recently, and it seems to me that the OpenSSL command structure is rather convoluted. I've read a number of articles, blog posts, etc. that criticize GNUPG and even make the case that people should stop using it, in large part because of concerns around

Re: Modern gnupg.conf setup

2019-12-14 Thread Damien Goutte-Gattat via Gnupg-users
On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 11:18:32PM +0100, Defiant wrote: Hey, I recall back in the days there were lots of online tutorials about how to strengthen your GnuPG configuration. I don’t know which tutorials exactly you’re referring to, but I have seen several of them myself, and I have always had

Re: Modern gnupg.conf setup

2019-12-14 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Hey, I recall back in the days there were lots of online tutorials about > how to strengthen your GnuPG configuration. I'm setting up my gnupg.conf > environment and I was wondering which of these options still apply for > todays standards (GnuPG v2.2). The standard advice still applies: unless

Modern gnupg.conf setup

2019-12-14 Thread Defiant
Hey, I recall back in the days there were lots of online tutorials about how to strengthen your GnuPG configuration. I'm setting up my gnupg.conf environment and I was wondering which of these options still apply for todays standards (GnuPG v2.2). Thanks. no-emit-version no-comments

Re: gnupg private-keys encryption

2019-12-14 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> How can I control the encryption on the private-key? Change the passphrase. Just changing configuration file preferences doesn't change the way the key is stored on disk. It only says "the next time you have to alter the way the key is stored on disk, use these new parameters". Changing the