Not really sure how good it is to get involved in this discussion, but, ... see answers inline
Sent from my iPad > On 16 Oct 2014, at 19:21, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I'm sorry that I could not reply right away. I was called to other > duties. > > In message <[email protected]>, > Werner Koch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:45, [email protected] said: >> >>> detailed, 134 page (PDF) manual for the library, and yet prospective >>> users of the library, such as myself, cannot find even a single modest, >>> real-world example of how to use the bloody thing. >> >> IIRC, it has already been quoted from the introduction: >> >> The reader is assumed to possess basic knowledge about applied >> cryptography. > > I believe that I do indeed already have "basic" knowledge of the subject. > >> That is really important and it means that the reader knows what an IV >> is, what an encryption mode is and which one first which purpose,why >> padding is required, and so on. Well, maybe this is a bit more than >> "basic knowledge" but for us crypto plumbers this is basic. > > I understand why padding may be required, I'm not sure what you mean > by "IV", and as regards to the "mode", I think that I specified in my > original post that symmetric key would be just fine for my purposes. ehrm... have a look at http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation > (Did you mean something else by your use of the term "mode" in this > context? If so, what?) > ... >> - From where do I take the key? > > The key will be embedded in the compiled binary of the program I'm building. This would be easily extracted and only offer limited protection > >> - Do I need to derive the key from Passphrase. > > I hope not. I want this simple. There should be no pass phrase... just > a pre-manufactured key. > >> - Which cipher mode to use. > > As I said, syymetric key will be just fine for me. I most certainly > *do not* need public key cryptography. See link above _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
