David Shaw wrote:
If we install the latest Unix GnuPG on AIX, will we run into any issues
with
our current keys?
Probably not, unless the person you are communicating with is using
PGP 2.x from the 1990s (don't laugh - some people still are).
...
Legacy is just a human term.
David Shaw wrote:
We're both right with regards to the facts of PGP 2.x. With all due
respect to Robert, I'm right with regards to whether it'll work.
You have a modern OpenPGP program. Your correspondent has, or can be made
to have, a modern
OpenPGP program. Your correspondent's key
rlively 72ceot902 at sneakemail.com wrote
Thu Sep 18 20:01:00 CEST 2008 on :
contact with legacy v3 key wrote:
we use McAfee e-Business Server v7.5 on our OS/390
mainframe as well as McAfee e-Business v8.x on Windows
as well as GnuPG (gpg) with IDEA support DLL.
I was able to decrypt your
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:01:00AM -0700, rlively wrote:
contact with legacy v3 key wrote:
Won't be a problem... we use McAfee e-Business Server v7.5 on our OS/390
mainframe as well as McAfee e-Business v8.x on Windows as well as GnuPG
(gpg) with IDEA support DLL. I was able to decrypt
I need help reconciling the two responses below. I am still going to get a
test file encrypted/decrypted using GPG 1.4.7 with the owner of said key
just to see how it goes, but that might take a while, and I need to improve
my general understanding of this entire process and all of the software
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:42:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: rlively [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Export secret key from WinXP (GnuPG) 1.4.7 to AIX PGP
Version 6.5.8 gives Bad Pass Phrase
I need help reconciling the two responses below. I am still going
to get a
test file encrypted/decrypted
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 06:42:10AM -0700, rlively wrote:
I need help reconciling the two responses below. I am still going to get a
test file encrypted/decrypted using GPG 1.4.7 with the owner of said key
just to see how it goes, but that might take a while, and I need to improve
my general
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:51:28AM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 06:42:10AM -0700, rlively wrote:
I need help reconciling the two responses below. I am still going to get a
test file encrypted/decrypted using GPG 1.4.7 with the owner of said key
just to see how it
rlively wrote:
I need help reconciling the two responses below.
Sure. Both answers are correct; it's a matter of how David and I are
interpreting your question.
Even though they key specifies Cipher: IDEA, are you saying that we
should be able to encrypt to this public key just fine with the
Setup:
Windows XP gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.7
Windows Privacy Tray
Version: 1.2.0 (Sep 17 2007)
Copyright (C) 2006 Timo Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AIX 5.3.0.0
Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8
(c) 1999 Network Associates Inc.
Uses the RSAREF(tm) Toolkit, which is copyright RSA Data Security, Inc.
On Sep 16, 2008, at 10:08 AM, rlively wrote:
Setup:
Windows XP gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.7
Windows Privacy Tray
Version: 1.2.0 (Sep 17 2007)
Copyright (C) 2006 Timo Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AIX 5.3.0.0
Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8
(c) 1999 Network Associates Inc.
Uses the RSAREF(tm) Toolkit,
rlively 72ceot902 at sneakemail.com wrote on
Tue Sep 16 16:08:25 CEST 2008 :
so I decided to generate the keys on GnuPG
on Windows and then export to the AIX server.
I've tried it now multiple times with different keys,
and each time I try to
edit the key or decrypt something I get errors on
David Shaw wrote:
AIX 5.3.0.0
Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8
PGP 6 is really, really old. It predates some of the OpenPGP
standard, so I suspect a passphrase encoding problem between the two
programs. I suggest removing the passphrase completely (just hit
enter when
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 09:57:49AM -0700, rlively wrote:
David Shaw wrote:
AIX 5.3.0.0
Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8
PGP 6 is really, really old. It predates some of the OpenPGP
standard, so I suspect a passphrase encoding problem between the two
programs. I
David Shaw wrote:
What is the latest PGP version for Unix/AIX if not this one? How old is this
version?
Mid-2000, I think.
Mid-1998, I think. Mid-2000 is when PGP 7 came out. PGP 6.5.8's date
of introduction was mid-to-late '98.
Following remarks are meant more for the original poster,
David Shaw wrote:
Bottom line: don't use PGP 6 (you can't use it for commercial use
without a license and I'm fairly sure there is nobody who will sell
you a PGP 6 license at this point anyway). Use a recent GPG or a
recent PGP. Don't even get involved with IDEA unless a specific
rlively wrote:
One of our contacts uses this key:
This is a PGP 2.6 key, unfortunately.
Even though they key specifies Cipher: IDEA, are you saying that we
should be able to encrypt to this public key just fine with the
latest veresion of GnuPG, unless that contact is stuck using legacy
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:25:17PM -0700, rlively wrote:
One of our contacts uses this key:
Type: Public Key
Algorithm: RSA Legacy
Size: 2048 bits
Created: 5/17/1999
Expires: Never
Validity: None
Cipher: IDEA
Even though they key specifies Cipher: IDEA, are you saying that we should
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