Re: Convert a .sig file to .asc file (is it possible)?

2011-11-12 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 11/12/2011 04:17 AM, Csabi wrote: > It is possible to convert an already created .sig file to .asc file? > (ASCII armored output)? ascii armor is just a standard header and footer, wrapped around base64-encoded data plus a checksum: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-6 If you have p

Re: Signing already-encrypted files (all to self)?

2011-11-12 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 12/11/11 14:45, Chris Poole wrote: > I don't remember asking it before, but one reason I don't like Truecrypt is > that I use Duplicity to backup my local files, so having the individually > encrypted makes things easier (since it'll just ignore the ones already > backed up). Adding them to the

Re: Signing already-encrypted files (all to self)?

2011-11-12 Thread Jerome Baum
On 2011-11-11 23:57, Doug Barton wrote: > On 11/11/2011 14:54, Chris Poole wrote: >> OK thanks, I hadn't thought of that. I'd still have to decrypt and re-encrypt >> them to keep hashes of all plaintext versions of the files though. (Thinking >> about running this script every few days and hashing

Re: Signing already-encrypted files (all to self)?

2011-11-12 Thread Chris Poole
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > I think this came up last time and I don't remember the reason you > didn't like the solution, but wouldn't something like truecrypt be a > whole heckuva lot easier? I don't remember asking it before, but one reason I don't like Truecrypt is

Re: Signing already-encrypted files (all to self)?

2011-11-12 Thread gnupg
On 11/11/11 22:54, Chris Poole wrote: >> I would just produce a list of SHA1s of the files and then sign that. > > OK thanks, I hadn't thought of that. I'd still have to decrypt and re-encrypt > them to keep hashes of all plaintext versions of the files though. (Thinking > about running this scri

Convert a .sig file to .asc file (is it possible)?

2011-11-12 Thread Csabi
Hi all! It is possible to convert an already created .sig file to .asc file? (ASCII armored output)? I would like to convert some .sig (detached signature) files to .asc files. Can anybody write a method how can i do it? Best regards, Csabi ___ Gnupg