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.
Exp
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
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
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
> >
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 poste
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
> c
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
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
i
>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 ge
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 gen
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 ho
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
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
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 decry
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 decr
vedaal wrote:
>
>
no, ANY pgp version on any platform will be able to decrypt a 3DES
> message to any key
>
> they will easily be able to decrypt it
>
> and, as long as you have a GnuPG generated key,
> you will be able to decrypt whatever they send to you,
> on whatever system and pgp progr
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 h
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