Re: GnuPGv2 & 'pinentry' on Linux w/ remote access

2017-11-07 Thread Dan Kegel
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Sander Smeenk via Gnupg-users wrote: > Could you elaborate on the 'why' part of this enforced pinentry usage > with GnuPG? It wasn't mandatory in 1.x, now it's forced on us. > > Where did that come from? > What problem did it solve? I'm

Re: New smart card / token alternative

2017-11-07 Thread timothy.steiner--- via Gnupg-users
If you are using something like Tails you would probably just install the GPG agent. Tails allows installing additional software -  https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/additional_software/index.en.html. U2F is available in the new version of Firefox being released later this year so if

Re: GnuPG 2.2.2 speedo swdb.lst

2017-11-07 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 16:29, mac3...@gmail.com said: > $ cat swdb.lst > gnupg22_ver 2.2.1 > gnupg22_date 2017-09-19 Oh sorry. I only generated the new swdb.lst but forgot the "make upload". Done now. Thanks, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.

Re: GnuPGv2 & 'pinentry' on Linux w/ remote access

2017-11-07 Thread Ryan Beethe
Well... it happens that when I copy your script to my archlinux machine, everything works fine. It also happens that when I copy your script into my ubuntu machine, I had to change both references of `gpg` to `gpg2`, since in ubuntu gpg is not the same program as gpg2. I also would find it

GnuPG 2.2.2 speedo swdb.lst

2017-11-07 Thread murphy
Hi Werner - I had trouble compiling GnuPG on my Raspberry Pi with error: make -f /home/pi/Downloads/gnupg-2.2.2/build-aux/speedo.mk UPD_SWDB=1 TARGETOS=native WHAT=release WITH_GUI=0 all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pi/Downloads/gnupg-2.2.2' gpgv: Signature made Thu 21 Sep 2017 03:51:24 AM

Re: New smart card / token alternative

2017-11-07 Thread listo factor via Gnupg-users
On 11/06/2017 10:26 PM, ved...@nym.hush.com wrote: On 11/6/2017 at 4:55 PM, "Tim Steiner" wrote: With this solution you can keep the key offline, carry it with you and it > works even on a computer where you can't install software... > We are interested to hear feedback on

Re: GnuPGv2 & 'pinentry' on Linux w/ remote access

2017-11-07 Thread Sander Smeenk via Gnupg-users
Quoting Ryan Beethe (r...@splintermail.com): > I think my setup might be almost a drop-in fix for your gpg-over-ssh > issue, although you will have to figure out where to set the > environment variable for your particular window manager. Thanks for your tips and tricks. It's the less bodgy

Re: GnuPGv2 & 'pinentry' on Linux w/ remote access

2017-11-07 Thread Sander Smeenk via Gnupg-users
Quoting Werner Koch (w...@gnupg.org): > > It's rather cumbersome and very dodgy at least. How do others deal with > > this? Or is everyone using GPG solely in GUI environments nowadays? ;) > The current develppment version of Pinentry uses this info on Linux to > to show the process name in the

Re: GnuPGv2 & 'pinentry' on Linux w/ remote access

2017-11-07 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 6 Nov 2017 22:49, gnupg-users@gnupg.org said: > It's rather cumbersome and very dodgy at least. How do others deal with > this? Or is everyone using GPG solely in GUI environments nowadays? ;) If I want to test the curses Pinentry I simply run DISPLAY= gpg ... and get the curses

[Announce] GnuPG 2.2.2 released

2017-11-07 Thread Werner Koch
Hello! We are is pleased to announce the availability of a new GnuPG release: version 2.2.2. This is a maintenance release; see below for a list of fixed bugs. About GnuPG === The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard which is commonly

Re: New smart card / token alternative

2017-11-07 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Am 06.11.2017 um 23:26 schrieb ved...@nym.hush.com: > > > On 11/6/2017 at 4:55 PM, "Tim Steiner" wrote: > > \We have been working on a project to build a direct interface for > PGP/GPG usage using U2F for web apps and browser extensions. This is > similar to existing smart cards