>Message: 6
>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:54:18 +0200 (CEST)
>From: "Kiss Gabor (Bitman)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Importing old PGP key
>I have the same problem as was answered by David Shaw in 2004:
>http://osdir.com/ml/gnu.gnupg.users/2004-06/msg00022.html
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> If this cannot be done by my self in one hour then I figure out
> what is the cost of changing the key.
Use pgp to set the passphrase to empty, then export the secret key and
import it in gpg. If you like add a new passphrase using gpg --edit-
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
> I'd start by asking whether you really need that key. 512-bit RSA is
> nowhere near modern standards of sufficiency; it is quite likely that in
> just a few years such keys will be able to be broken by motivated high
> school students.
This key is
Kiss Gabor (Bitman) wrote:
> What should I do?
I'd start by asking whether you really need that key. 512-bit RSA is
nowhere near modern standards of sufficiency; it is quite likely that in
just a few years such keys will be able to be broken by motivated high
school students.
RSA-512 is grossly
I have the same problem as was answered by David Shaw in 2004:
http://osdir.com/ml/gnu.gnupg.users/2004-06/msg00022.html
(Converting a vry old PGP key (2.6.3ia) to GnuPG.)
However the method he suggested does not work for me:
$ gpg --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --edit-key 0x5D144299
gpg (GnuPG) 1.
