Assistance with decryption failure, gpg unable to find secret key that actually exists

2016-08-16 Thread Spoofy32 .
Greetings! I am currently having an issue with decrypting a simple text file encrypted by gpg using a key pair that I was able to successfully import (including the private key). The key material in the secret key packet is unencrypted to keep things simple. Despite both the public and private

Re: gpg.conf recommendations (FAQ improvement) was: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2016-08-16 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Ah thanks, this was introduced with 2.1.13 and I tested the > behaviour on an earlier 2.1 version where it make a difference. > So it is a recommendation for GnuPG v <=2.0. Concur. I'll make the change shortly. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: gpg.conf recommendations (FAQ improvement) was: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2016-08-16 Thread bernhard
Am Dienstag, 16. August 2016 16:08:46 schrieb Kristian Fiskerstrand: > > I am all for making it a default with GnuPG 2.1 at least, because people > > The default in 2.1 is no keyid at all, but print full fingerprint so > setting 0xlong here will be a degrade Ah thanks, this was introduced with

Re: gpg.conf recommendations (FAQ improvement) was: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2016-08-16 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
On 08/16/2016 04:05 PM, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > Am Dienstag, 16. August 2016 15:48:25 schrieb Robert J. Hansen: >> [puts on official FAQ maintainer hat] >> > > I am all for making it a default with GnuPG 2.1 at least, because people > The default in 2.1 is no keyid at all, but print full

gpg.conf recommendations (FAQ improvement) was: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2016-08-16 Thread Bernhard Reiter
Just noticed that the FAQ (and documentation) could be improved to recommend some gpg.conf options: Am Montag, 23. März 2015 18:46:53 schrieb Werner Koch: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:29, criv...@merkleinc.com said: > > Question though - the gpg.conf file is optional? If I want one I must > >

Re: gpg.conf recommendations (FAQ improvement) was: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2016-08-16 Thread Bernhard Reiter
Am Dienstag, 16. August 2016 15:48:25 schrieb Robert J. Hansen: > [puts on official FAQ maintainer hat] > > > Just noticed that the FAQ (and documentation) could be improved > > to recommend some gpg.conf options: > > I'm weakly against this. If we want to recommend people put something > in

Re: gpg.conf recommendations (FAQ improvement) was: GnuPG 1.4.19 - Encryption Questions

2016-08-16 Thread Robert J. Hansen
[puts on official FAQ maintainer hat] > Just noticed that the FAQ (and documentation) could be improved > to recommend some gpg.conf options: I'm weakly against this. If we want to recommend people put something in gpg.conf, what we should be doing is changing the default behavior to be that,

Re: 2 Q's

2016-08-16 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> 1) How can I set the time for retention of the Passphrase? This depends on what version of GnuPG you're using. The mechanism changed between GnuPG 1.4 and 2.0. Look for a configuration file called "gpg-agent.conf" (normally found in ~/.gnupg; dunno where it would be stored on iOS). Open it