Re: Different passwords for subkeys

2014-07-17 Thread flapflap
o split the key, then import one part, set passphrase A, export it (encrypted with A), delete it, then import the other part, set passphrase B. ~flapflap signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg

Re: CRC error

2014-07-27 Thread flapflap
d. If the data is valid, the computed CRC should be 0, if it is not 0, the data is damaged. But basically it's the same as computing the CRC for the payload only and comparing it with the received CRC. ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: CRC error

2014-07-28 Thread flapflap
h "em...@example.com" as "email" in the first place when you actually don't want "em...@example.com" to be in public? Why not just create a key saying "" or "X" for "email" instead? ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: CRC error

2014-07-28 Thread flapflap
cessarily overwrite the data on the physical medium. Flash drives use wear-leveling algorithms that map the logical to physical addresses, to limit the damages/wear-out due to writing the same physical locations too often. So if you "overwrite" a logical address, your writt

Re: Fwd: GNU hackers discover HACIENDA government surveillance and give us a way to fight back

2014-08-21 Thread flapflap
Robert J. Hansen: [snip] > Also note that, contrary to the FSF's press release, this isn't > government surveillance. It isn't even surveillance in the usual sense > of the word. If you run a public service like HTTP, how is it > "surveillance" for someone, anyone, to say "the server sixdemonbag.

Re: Keeping .gnupg folder in cloud

2014-09-18 Thread flapflap
model (like trust-always) this could be a very bad idea... Or it could result in a DOS as the evil admin deleted the secret parts of some key pairs.. ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Renewal of revocation certificate required after adding a new identity?

2014-10-12 Thread flapflap
Dr. Peter Voigt: > Recently I have added a new identity to my GPG key pair. Can I still > use my existing revocation certificate with my key pair or do I have to > renew it because of the added identity? > > I am supposing the revocation certificate just refers to my main > key ID regardless of th

Re: gpg4usb: Portable GUI for GnuPG

2014-11-14 Thread flapflap
Johan Wevers wrote: > On 13-11-2014 23:23, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > >> I mean no offense, but this seems like a really bad idea. Putting it on >> CD-ROM might be a pretty cool idea, but USB is just ... scary. > > There exist USB sticks with a write-protection jumper (I have 2 so I'm > sure). If

Re: 31C3

2014-12-11 Thread flapflap
(in cash) there? ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Sign key with externalized master key

2015-02-11 Thread flapflap
r keys - which normally is not a daily scenario - what about using a GNU/Linux live system/CD/USB for that purpose? That way you can use a normal GNU/Linux supported filesystem and don't have to worry whether to trust your normal OS or which filesystem is compatible with all OSses you intend to use. ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: strength of voice authentication [was: Re: German ct magazine postulates death of pgp encryption]

2015-03-01 Thread flapflap
the criminals got more than CHF 50k _per case_ in 2013 in Switzerland. This is because the telephone channel does not prove authenticity of the caller and thus cannot be secure. ~flapflap [0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkeltrick signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: gpg in a cybercafé

2015-03-05 Thread flapflap
tion [6] (there's a lot of it!) or write an email to their mailing lists tails-support-priv...@boum.org [7] (private/non-public) tails-supp...@boum.org [7] (public) HTH, ~flapflap [0] https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/virtual_keyboard/index.en.html [1] https:

Re: gpg in a cybercafé

2015-03-14 Thread flapflap
Jonathan Schleifer: > On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:27:36 +0000, flapflap wrote: > >> The current version (1.3) of Tails comes with GnuPG 1.4.12. > > That's just not true. Not only is the gpg2 command available, but the change > log even explicitly states that GnuPG 2 was

Re: WINDOWS - Adding passphrase to gpg via command line

2015-05-11 Thread flapflap
Josh Clearihan: > Hi, > > Thanks, but our requirement is that the key is secured with a passphrase. > > Any other ideas into what is wrong with my coding? > echo "mypassphrase"| gpg2.exe ... In my opinion it makes little sense to use a passphrase in this way: the passphrase is supposed to be e

Re: Random Seed for Generating PGP Keys

2015-05-27 Thread flapflap
George Lee: > I'm not trying to generate multiple random numbers, but just generate a PGP > key one time in a way that is very hard to crack by basing it on a one-time > seed generated manually in a reliably random way. I might be wrong here, but as I understand it you need way more often random n

Re: Optimal setup for corporate keys

2015-07-19 Thread flapflap
Greg Sabino Mullane: > > >> We exchange sensitive files with multiple corporate partners and would like >> to set our keys up so that a single private key compromise does not require >> generating new keys for all partners. > >> 1) Should we generate separate pub / priv key pairs for all partner

no valid user IDs after changing key expiration time

2015-07-22 Thread flapflap
version is 2.0.25 and libgcrypt is 1.5.0) Thanks in advance, ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: no valid user IDs after changing key expiration time

2015-07-22 Thread flapflap
Ludwig Hügelschäfer: > On 22.07.15 16:36, flapflap wrote: > >> Should I be worried by the warning or is this normal behaviour? > > You should set ultimate ownertrust on your own key after > (re-)importing. Then it will become valid again. My key still looked/looks valid,

Re: GPG UID

2015-09-03 Thread flapflap
d Disable all checks on the form of the user ID while generating a new one. This option should only be used in very special environments as it does not ensure the de-facto standard format of user IDs. ~flapflap ___ Gnu

Change capabilities of main key?

2015-11-19 Thread flapflap
don't know any sources). Is there a possibility to modify the (main/sub) key capabilities once its generated so they can migrate away from the insecure/less secure setting to, for instance, separate subkeys for Sign and Encrypt? Cheers, ~flapflap signature.asc Description: OpenPGP di

Re: EasyGnuPG

2016-03-23 Thread flapflap
certificate is generated by default so that the user can revoke the key if s/he lost the passphrase/secret key. Also, the user is advised to make a copy to an external medium (CD/USB) or print it out. It is already 'fail safe' so to say. ~flapflap _

Re: Force textual pinpad

2016-03-24 Thread flapflap
Dashamir Hoxha: > If it doesn't work, try also `--passphrase-fd=0 <<< "your-passphrase" ` sounds like a bad idea to me because the passphrase could end up in the ~/.bash_history (if bash is used) and physically stored on (a potentially unencrypted) hard disk... ___

Re: Which key is used to sign key?

2016-03-28 Thread flapflap
--sign-with flapflap --sign-key muri But strangely enough, I did not find --sign-with in the man page (Debian stable) or gpg2 --help... Cheers, -- flapflap signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-user

Re: Translate to dutch

2016-04-04 Thread flapflap
ld also look for events/cyptoparties in your area: https://www.cryptoparty.in/location#netherlands https://privacycafe.bof.nl/ ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: making a Debian Live CD for managing GnuPG master key and smartcards

2016-04-27 Thread flapflap
MFPA: > [0] is a How-To for creating an OpenPGP keypair for use with GnuPG on > an airgapped system (using Tails) and exporting the subkeys for > day-to-day use. There is a link [1] to a second guide to export the > subkeys to an OpenPGP smartcard. I was also about suggesting Tails, so thanks for

Re: (OT) FSF involvement

2016-05-06 Thread flapflap
y are two different organisations for different purposes. Previously, I believed to have read these rules in the "Information for Maintainers of GNU Software" [0] but could not find it any more. ~flapflap [0] https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html _

Re: (OT) FSF involvement

2016-05-06 Thread flapflap
flapflap: > Peter Lebbing: >> On 05/05/16 17:17, Werner Koch wrote: >>> Well, this is not an FSF sponsored list. I never received any money or >>> other resources from the FSF. >> >> gnu.org lists GnuPG as a "GNU package", a part of the GNU Proje

Re: OT egpg evaluation

2016-05-08 Thread flapflap
Robert J. Hansen: > And at that point I decided that I *will not* test this code. If > WORKDIR is set in the user's environment before they start egpg, egpg > will shred and rm -rf $WORKDIR. This could have terrifying consequences > for my doctoral thesis, and even worse if someone has WORKDIR se

Re: How to convert (ancient) key in "version 2" to more modern "version 4" format?

2016-05-29 Thread flapflap
r supported V2 keys?). This decrypts the messages but also strips/removes signatures on messages, so you loose information whether a message was signed or not afterwards. By doing this on an encrypted disk (e.g., LUKS) you don't accidentially store decrypted copies of the confidential emails

Re: Tamper Resistance of SmartCards -- NitroKey Pro/ KernelConcepts

2016-06-24 Thread flapflap
need to trust both the reader and the smartcard, Nitrokey put both in the same package and labeled it Nitrokey Pro so you can carry it around. Cheers, ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Checking Integrity of GPG4Windows

2016-09-19 Thread flapflap
l -hashfile gpg4win-2.3.3.exe sha1 3. press [enter] to start the command 4. compare the output with the "SHA1 checksum" for your file listed on https://www.gpg4win.org/package-integrity.html Cheers, ~flapflap ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users