Re: Questions on code signing

2019-08-27 Thread muredanta via Gnupg-users
Wow. Thanks very much for such a detailed reply. GPG can be counter-intuitive at times, but it seems there is always a way. Shalom! Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 6:30 PM, Werner Koch wrote: > On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:18, gnupg-us

Re: Storing custom signed data in the key

2019-08-27 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor via Gnupg-users
Hi Tomasz-- On Sat 2019-08-17 18:45:24 +0200, Tomasz Buchert wrote: > what would be the most "canonical" way to store arbitrary, signed data > along the gpg key? And then: what is the programmatic way of extracting > said data? > > My specific usecase is putting a signify [1] public key inside my

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Chris Narkiewicz via Gnupg-users
On 27/08/2019 20:50, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > But what would be, when using computers at work or public places, then > the best strategy for using OpenPGP, without carrying a Notebook or > smartphone? The strategy I advice would be to not use GnuPG and look for alternatives. I wouldn'

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Chris Narkiewicz via Gnupg-users
On 27/08/2019 22:41, Peter Lebbing wrote: > If a computer is compromised, this is game over for cryptography. Full > stop. This is not true. Many crypto systems are designed to perform damage control and recovery in such cases. If the compromise is game over for the user - it depends on threat pr

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 27/08/2019 21:50, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > But what would be, when using computers at work or public places, then > the best strategy for using OpenPGP, without carrying a Notebook or > smartphone? If a computer is compromised, this is game over for cryptography. Full stop. > Ther

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users
Andrew Gallagher wrote: > On 27/08/2019 17:01, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > > Would you consider these both methods secure enough for entering > > passphrases in Mailvelope, like outlined in article [1] while using Oxynger > > KeyShield [2]? > > If you think there's a keylogger on your m

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Wiktor Kwapisiewicz via Gnupg-users
Hi Chris, On 27.08.2019 17:52, Chris Narkiewicz via Gnupg-users wrote: On 26/08/2019 19:47, Wiktor Kwapisiewicz via Gnupg-users wrote: If one sets URL field on the token then just plugging the token when OpenKeychain is opened is enough to get the key ready-to-use. Can you explain what kind o

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Andrew Gallagher
On 27/08/2019 17:01, Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > Would you consider these both methods secure enough for entering passphrases > in > Mailvelope, like outlined in article [1] while using Oxynger KeyShield [2]? If you think there's a keylogger on your machine, then don't type in a passwor

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users
Stefan Claas via Gnupg-users wrote: > Due to some tests I found Mailvelope an OpenPGP extension for > Firefox and Chrome and installed it on my Kanguru Defender 3000 > USB stick. Besides the new Mailvelope keyserver I added also Hagrid. > Key management is quite comfortable and messages sending i

Re: Slightly OT - mobile OpenPGP usage

2019-08-27 Thread Chris Narkiewicz via Gnupg-users
On 26/08/2019 19:47, Wiktor Kwapisiewicz via Gnupg-users wrote: > If one sets URL field on the > token then just plugging the token when OpenKeychain is opened is enough > to get the key ready-to-use. Can you explain what kind of workflow do you mean here? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP d

Re: Questions on code signing

2019-08-27 Thread Werner Koch via Gnupg-users
On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:18, gnupg-users@gnupg.org said: > (1) If a file is signed but the signature is incorrect, 'gpg2 -d' > returns a non-zero status code, so the remote script knows not to Right but as stated somewhere in the docs, you should never ever rely on the status code fomr the binary.