detached signature, "can't hash datafile: No data"

2021-12-31 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
Hello, I wanted to verify an install file so I downloaded file.dmg and the accompanying detached signature.asc. The public key was imported and verified. Using GnuPG, I used the command: gpg --verify signature.asc file.dmg and.. "Good signature from..." However, when I try to verify signature

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-22 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
> Don't do that. Seriously. This is like saying "I want to learn how to > farm like my grandparents did!" Farming is hard enough: voluntarily > doing without, you know, *electricity* is just crazy. (In the United > States, many farms were without electricity until the 1940s!) > These easy-to-u

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-18 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
many other webmail providers) with OpenPGP support. I'm looking at Mailvelope and FlowCrypt for Gmail extensions. On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:23 PM Ingo Klöcker wrote: > > On Freitag, 17. Dezember 2021 18:04:04 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote: > > > Otherwise, you can simply s

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-18 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
> Did you notice the command is "gpg --import < certificate.txt"? Yes, sorry. I did type the command correctly. >> I placed the file in my .gnupg hidden folder. > > Then you'd need to do "gpg --import < ~/.gnupg/certificate.txt". If certificate.txt isn't in your current directory, you need to t

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-17 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
> Key(s): a certificate holds at least one, but usually more than one. I see. So, a certificate (aka pgp public key block) holds at least one key (+ pertinent metadata that changes/updates depending on use, etc.), but usually more. What other keys would it hold? The paired secret key? No. Oth

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-17 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
you can > see from the replies to your messages that's what we prefer on this mailing > list. It helps to make the context of the replies more clear. > > There is a Frequently Asked Questions document that you may want to read if > you haven't done so already: > https:

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-17 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
> Think of them as two different snapshots of the same document at different points in time, as various minor edits are made to it. But the important bits, the stuff you care about, will be consistent through revisions so long as the fingerprint remains unchanged. The document snapshot analogy re

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-16 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
Thank you guys. This is helping. No, I did not export the key. Using the fingerprint, I downloaded the asc file from openpgp.org and placed it into my disk/users/SamiBadri, and then used the command: cat filename, to reveal the key block. That key block did not match the one on his profile. Th

Re: fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-16 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
ag, 16. Dezember 2021 12:52:28 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote: > > Here is my situation: I have imported a public key using > > gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint* > > > > *provided by the intended recipient on their profile page > > >

fingerprint associated public key does not match displayed public key

2021-12-16 Thread S.B. via Gnupg-users
Hello GnuPG world, I'm a new (and obsessed) pgp user, so please bear with me. Also, I hope I'm in the right place. I read through some archives and the questions seemed a little advanced. I hope I'm not annoying anyone here. I use GnuPG 2.3.3 on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS Monterey (v. 12.0.1