Re: General error when creating keypair

2015-12-29 Thread Bob Henson
On 29/12/2015 11:24 am, Francis Le Roy wrote: > > Hi, > I got a problem generating a key pair, when I run the > code, it return a > General error code :/. > If you could give me a sample on how to gen a key or fix my code it > would be nice :) > As you're using Thunderbird, why not add the Enigma

Re: advice please

2015-12-29 Thread Bob Henson
On 28/12/2015 10:22 pm, Jay Sulzberger wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2015, Steve Butler wrote: > >> I see the attached when I do the search in Software Center on Ubuntu 15.10. >> >> >> Stephen M. Butler, PMP, PSM > > Well, I see gnupg in the list, I am not sure whether it is gnupg2 or not. > > gpg

Re: How to get your first key signed

2015-10-01 Thread Bob Henson
On 01/10/2015 11:35 am, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 01/10/15 10:33, Bob Henson wrote: >> There might be a possible exception where there is no individual >> person to meet - the verification signature with software, say. When >> you have downloaded the software from the sa

Re: How to get your first key signed

2015-10-01 Thread Bob Henson
On 30/09/2015 8:58 pm, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> I create for myself a gpg key and want to get it signed > > More important than whether your certificate gets signed is who signs > the certificate, who they are connected to, and so on. > > Some people will sign almost anything. People who get a

GnuPG 2.1

2015-07-21 Thread Bob Henson
I'm not sure whether I should be asking in here or in the Enigmail group, so I'm trying here first - please refer me to the other group if it is more appropriate. I've just changed over to GnuPG 2.1.x and have been trying out an ECC key too. By and large, it all seems to work well (signatures veri

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 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

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 bee

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" faile

Re: GpgEX for 64 bit Windows test version

2013-06-24 Thread Bob Henson
On 24/06/2013 9:01 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I just uploaded a test version of GpgEX (the GnuPG Explorer Plugin) for > > Windows 64 bit. This is just the bare standalone DLL without an > > installer. If you are using a 64 bit Windows system with Gpg4win, you > > may want to test this

Re: GnuPG 1.4.13

2013-05-14 Thread Bob Henson
On 14/05/2013 10:24 AM, Laurent Jumet wrote: > > Hello Bob ! > > Bob Henson wrote: > >>> ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32cli-1.4.13.exe > >> Thanks very much - duly installed. > > I'm using this for my own, you may find it

Re: GnuPG 1.4.13

2013-05-14 Thread Bob Henson
On 13/05/2013 10:11 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 05/13/2013 07:57 AM, Bob Henson wrote: >> I've only just rejoined the list, so I'm sorry if this has already been >> asked. Is there a Windows binary for GnuPG 1.4.13 yet? > > ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt

GnuPG 1.4.13

2013-05-13 Thread Bob Henson
I've only just rejoined the list, so I'm sorry if this has already been asked. Is there a Windows binary for GnuPG 1.4.13 yet? I had a look on the site and the only reference to Windows that I could see was for Gpg4win, which only uses V.2 ___ Gnupg-users

Re: Question about GnuPG Shell 1.0

2009-09-20 Thread Bob Henson
John Clizbe wrote: > John Clizbe wrote: >> Allen Schultz wrote: >>> Csabi wrote: I have Windows XP with GnuPG 1.4.9 installed. >>> ... GnuPG not installed on your system. Please, install it first. >>> Have you set the System PATH and then tried the installation again? Is >>> it possibl

Re: Problems changing hash algo for clearsign

2009-05-10 Thread Bob Henson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Tyler Spivey wrote: > and I can force it with --digest-algo sha256. Add just "digest-algo SHA256" (without the parentheses) to your gpg.conf file. Regards, Bob ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-use

Re: Basic file signing question

2008-09-11 Thread Bob Henson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Jack Kaye wrote: > I have what is probably a very basic question but for some reason I > can't seem > to find the answer anywhere online and was hoping one of you GnuPG > boffins could > assist here. GpGee will do it if you don't want to use com

Re: Server problem?

2007-12-22 Thread Bob Henson
Charly Avital wrote:- > Bob Henson wrote the following on 12/22/07 7:07 AM: >> Is there a problem with the server sending messages to the list? Headers >> are appearing in Thunderbird as usual, but clicking on any message in >> the list gives a delay (presumably in downlo

Server problem?

2007-12-22 Thread Bob Henson
Is there a problem with the server sending messages to the list? Headers are appearing in Thunderbird as usual, but clicking on any message in the list gives a delay (presumably in downloading) of a couple of minutes at least, during which Thunderbird reports that it is not responding - eventually

Re: Keyserver name command

2007-11-10 Thread Bob Henson
David Shaw wrote:- >> syntax. Do I need a full URL, or will just "minsky.surfnet.nl" suffice? >> If it needs a full URL, how is the URL for an SKS server constructed? > > gpg --edit-key (the-key) > keyserver hkp://minsky.surfnet.nl > (type your passphrase) > save Thanks David (& Ron) for the gen

Keyserver name command

2007-11-09 Thread Bob Henson
Two of my keys have keyserver names built in by using PGP's simple key editing UI. I haven't got PGP installed now, and wanted to change the keyserver using "gpg --keyserver name", as the server in the keys has now disappeared or no longer functions. I'd like to either remove it altogether and not

Re: [GPGol] GPGol won't install

2007-10-11 Thread Bob Henson
Werner Koch wrote > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> Apologies if I wasted anyone's time - I found the problem. The installer >> does not force a reboot after running and that's what it needed to get >> the new files to show up. A note for the developers though, it would

Re: [GPGol] GPGol won't install

2007-10-10 Thread Bob Henson
Apologies if I wasted anyone's time - I found the problem. The installer does not force a reboot after running and that's what it needed to get the new files to show up. A note for the developers though, it would be a good idea to add the option for an automatic reboot - most programs do that if it

[GPGol] GPGol won't install

2007-10-10 Thread Bob Henson
I have been using GnuPG/Enigmail for some time. I just tried to install GPGol into my copy of Outlook 2003 SP2 using GPG4Win, with no success. GPA installed and seems to work fine using my existing keyrings. I repeated the install twice, but no trace of GPG appears in Outlook. I just checked and it

Re: New Windows Binary?

2006-07-25 Thread Bob Henson
Werner Koch wrote > On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:43, Bob Henson said: > >> I read some days ago on the GPGee forum that a new Windows binary would >> be released to correct the change in GPG 1.4.4 that broke GPGee. Is it >> around/about to appear? I have some files encrypted

New Windows Binary?

2006-07-15 Thread Bob Henson
I read some days ago on the GPGee forum that a new Windows binary would be released to correct the change in GPG 1.4.4 that broke GPGee. Is it around/about to appear? I have some files encrypted using GPGee and can't get at them until the problem is fixed - for some reason I can't decrypt them usin

Re: Keyring Directory

2006-06-25 Thread Bob Henson
Alphax wrote > However, the "best" fix on Windows is in the registry: > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\GnuPG] > "HomeDir"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\Application Data\\GnuPG" > "OptFile"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\Application > Data\\GnuPG\\gpg.conf" That worked just

Keyring Directory

2006-06-24 Thread Bob Henson
Would someone kindly confirm the gpg.conf line for setting the keyring directory elsewhere than the standard one, please. As far as I can see, the --homedir command sets the directory for the executable files, but I'm not sure what to set to move the keyrings to another path to the standard (Win XP

Re: auto-key-locate pka (gpg version 1.4.3)

2006-04-09 Thread Bob Henson
David Shaw wrote >> >> >> That's very bad, as I downloaded the official binaries from gnupg.org. >> >> >> Will there be a different version that supports this new feature? I >> >> > >> >> > We don't support DNS queries under Windows right now. Windows does >> >> > not provide the usual resolver

Re: auto-key-locate pka (gpg version 1.4.3)

2006-04-09 Thread Bob Henson
David Shaw wrote >> >> That's very bad, as I downloaded the official binaries from gnupg.org. >> >> Will there be a different version that supports this new feature? I >> > >> > We don't support DNS queries under Windows right now. Windows does >> > not provide the usual resolver library so we wo

Re: auto-key-locate pka (gpg version 1.4.3)

2006-04-09 Thread Bob Henson
Werner Koch wrote > On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:33:39 +0200, Dominique Leuenberger said: > >> That's very bad, as I downloaded the official binaries from gnupg.org. >> Will there be a different version that supports this new feature? I > > We don't support DNS queries under Windows right now. Wind

Re: GPGOL breaks Enigmail

2006-01-25 Thread Bob Henson
Werner Koch wrote > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:43:11 +0000, Bob Henson said: > >> Anyway, thanks to everyone for the help. Now the only problem is to get rid >> of the bits of GPGOL left in Outlook - every time I run it I get an error >> message telling me it can&#x

Re: Trouble with enigmail and Thunderbird 1.5

2006-01-23 Thread Bob Henson
Jean-David Beyer wrote > I have recently switched ISP, but I also upgraded Thunderbird at the same > time. > > Now when I get a gpg signed e-mail, I supposedly can check the pen? and it > will offer to download the key, giving me a choice of keyservers. I > generally pick random.sks.keyserver.

Re: GPGOL breaks Enigmail

2006-01-23 Thread Bob Henson
Neil Williams wrote > On Sunday 22 January 2006 8:35 pm, Bob Henson wrote: >> I decided to try GPGOL for the few occasions that I use Outlook. >> Unfortunately, since installing it, Enigmail's Key Management shows an >> empty screen and I cannot use GnuPG via Enigmai

Re: GPGOL breaks Enigmail

2006-01-23 Thread Bob Henson
Patrick Brunschwig wrote > Werner Koch wrote: >>> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:25:18 +0100, Patrick Brunschwig said: >>> Does GPGOL install gpg, or does it modify the path to the GnuPG home directory? >>> >>> Yes, it installs gpg into the same location as the new installer of >>> gpg does.

GPGOL breaks Enigmail

2006-01-22 Thread Bob Henson
I decided to try GPGOL for the few occasions that I use Outlook. Unfortunately, since installing it, Enigmail's Key Management shows an empty screen and I cannot use GnuPG via Enigmail at all. How do I get out of this, please? In desperation I removed all the programs and registry entries that I co

Re: Delete key from keyserver

2005-10-23 Thread Bob Henson
David Shaw wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 06:26:51PM +0200, B. Kuestner wrote: > >> all: Joe Smith has no way of fixing the situation, even if he is >> legitimate owner of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail address. >> >> It strikes me, that GNU-supporters would bash MS (or for that reason >> a

Re: Delete key from keyserver

2005-10-23 Thread Bob Henson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If you want a formalised external method of identity verification, consider >> using x.509 and people like Thawte will provide an alternative to GnuPG's >> personal (face-to-face) methods. >> > Actually, at one point in time I did think about getting myself a "real"

Re: Importing keys

2005-09-14 Thread Bob Henson
Mica Mijatovic wrote: > Was Wed, 14 Sep 2005, at 10:42:10 +0100, > when Bob wrote: > >>> I can't find anything in the man page about key import file formats. >>> Other than ascii files, can GnuPG import any other file formats and if >>> so what? > > Every file containing a valid key dat

Importing keys

2005-09-14 Thread Bob Henson
I can't find anything in the man page about key import file formats. Other than ascii files, can GnuPG import any other file formats and if so what? Regards, Bob signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-u

GnuPG 1.9.19

2005-09-12 Thread Bob Henson
Is there a version of GnuPG 1.9.19 compiled for Windows? Regards, Bob signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Cleaning

2005-09-12 Thread Bob Henson
John Clizbe wrote: > Bob Henson wrote: > >>> A P.S. to the last message. I added the above lines and tried again, and >>> neither refreshing a key from the keyserver, uploading a key, nor >>> downloading a new key cause the "clean" to run. >>>

Re: This IS about GD - a proposal on dealing with the problem

2005-09-11 Thread Bob Henson
Doug Barton wrote: >> Bob Henson wrote: >> > >>>> Put it the other way round - what useful purpose do they serve? I haven't >>>> seen one yet, ergo they are junk. > >> >> Um, until you actually get appointed ruler of the univers

Re: This IS about GD - a proposal on dealing with the problem

2005-09-11 Thread Bob Henson
Doug Barton wrote: > Bob Henson wrote: > >> Put it the other way round - what useful purpose do they serve? I haven't >> seen one yet, ergo they are junk. > > Um, until you actually get appointed ruler of the universe, you don't get to > make that decision f

Re: This IS about GD - a proposal on dealing with the problem

2005-09-10 Thread Bob Henson
David Shaw wrote: >> Also, these are not "junk" signatures. They have semantic meaning, >> and are used by many people. Please clarify what makes a signature a >> "junk" signature. I'd like to understand why you classify them that >> way. Put it the other way round - what useful purpose do t