Re: fulldisc encryption

2014-06-02 Thread vedaal
If anyone has a backup copy for Ubuntu please let me know. TIA vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Why create offline main key without encryption capabilities

2014-06-02 Thread vedaal
in, but would prefer not to give you my key itself. (GnuPG, as well as allowing generation of signing subkeys, and encrypting subkeys, also allows generating a key with both signing and encrypting capabilities, and not adding subkeys . 8^) ) vedaal

Re: Getting Passphrase From Encrypted and Unencrypted Secret Key

2014-05-29 Thread vedaal
algorithm on the key with the passphrase. Knowing the un-encrypted copy of the key would not help any. (I don't know how to explain the workings of the block-ciphers in gnupg, but think that they are resistant to known-plaintext attacks.) vedaal

Re: hash email addresses / directory privacy enhancement

2014-04-29 Thread vedaal
on the keyserver at all? vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Using an RSA GnuPG key for RSA ?

2014-04-07 Thread vedaal
is usually only used for either signing or decrypting symmetric session keys, whether that's in TLS or OpenPGP or CMS or any other place where RSA is used. --dkg = OK, Thanks. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

Re: Using an RSA GnuPG key for RSA ?

2014-04-06 Thread vedaal
offline. (Obviously, for a real secret key, would not use the online PGPdump) Any help or criticism about how to extract a functional RSA key would be appreciated. TIA, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org

Re: Using an RSA GnuPG key for RSA ?

2014-04-06 Thread vedaal
escaped string with -g). Also, when I did apt-cache search pgpdump, I noticed there is a Python library: [1]. That might be even better for your purpose. HTH, Peter. [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pgpdump/ = Yes, Python should be simpler to use in ubuntu THANKS !!! vedaal

Re: Using an RSA GnuPG key for RSA ?

2014-04-04 Thread vedaal
on keyservers, for other RSA functions. vedaal And... You say you do not trust closed source programs for key generation, but does that mean you trust them for key usage? = I trust them to encrypt to my public key, and was planning to work out a system where I could decrypt on my own without

Using an RSA GnuPG key for RSA ?

2014-04-02 Thread vedaal
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GnuPG encryption with key file

2014-03-27 Thread vedaal
itself. Much as I like different crypto options, I don't think it would really improve GnuPG to have a keyfile option. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Multiple Subkey Pairs

2014-03-13 Thread vedaal
name and e-mail address). This way you can read and correspond on whatever device you are using at the time. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

? incompatibilty issue ?

2014-03-12 Thread vedaal
not use 'pgp 2' in the options in gpg.conf.) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

?incompatibility issue?

2014-03-12 Thread vedaal
For some reason, none of the backward slashes '' were included in the posting in Gnupg users mailing list website. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

? incompatibility issue ?

2014-03-12 Thread vedaal
Gnupg 1.4.16 decrypts the above 2.x message fine when using the --override-session-key and just changing the 1 in the shown session key to a 10. C:g1416gpg --override-session-key 10:9F6E6800CFAE7749EB6C486619254B9C c:hct. asc gpg: armor: BEGIN PGP MESSAGE gpg: armor header: Version: PGP

Re: old pgp2.6x keys imported in gpg (compile pgp 2.6)

2014-01-28 Thread vedaal
Disastry's version either on Ubuntu, but was able to import the unix PGP he compiled on his website, into Ubuntu without problems. Here is the re-creation of his website: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/disastry/263multi.htm His version allows all the ciphers GnuPG uses except for Camelia. vedaal

Re: Windows editor destroys gpg.conf

2014-01-15 Thread vedaal
extensions. (It easily open gpg.conf and saves it a gpg.conf). vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Gpg4Win // GnuPG 2.x

2014-01-02 Thread vedaal
Am using Gpg4win 2.2.1 /GnuPG 2.0.22 Did gpg --dump-options and noticed that the --faked-system-time option is not listed. Was this option removed? vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: ePGP extension for mobile

2013-12-31 Thread vedaal
. (I would be willing to pay for such an app, If developers think enough others would be willing to buy such an app to make it worthwhile, then maybe gnupg on android could be widely used.) fwiw, I have played around with APG and like it, but don't trust the 'phone' with it. vedaal

Printing PGP Businesscard // correction

2013-12-24 Thread vedaal
Fingerprint; (the semi-colon should be a colon) Add the empty line (GnuPG will import it anyway without it, if you forget to ;-) ) Command line gnupg will import it anyway, but the front-ends might not. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: Printing PGP Businesscard

2013-12-24 Thread vedaal
that it will be durable and scanable and importable without scanning errors ? vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: [Announce] [security fix] GnuPG 1.4.16 released // workaround

2013-12-18 Thread vedaal
] Whenever the correspondents are in an environment 'safe' from this type of acoustic threat, the message can be decrypted using the 'special typical' key. Whatever information is intended to be conveyed by using a 'special key', will still be understood by the receiver. vedaal

Re: please give us safer defaults for gnupg

2013-12-17 Thread vedaal
, to do almost anything a user wants to do in terms of storing, sending or authenticating any messages or files. Thanks again, to WK and the GnuPG team. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Decrypting symmetrically encrypted text in Command Line (CL) results in error message?

2013-11-27 Thread vedaal
: just another testgpg: decryption okay Maybe people here can figure out why it works this way, but not in the way you tried, and if this is a 'windows' issue ... ;-(( vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org

Re: Unusual (unintended?) behavor upon decryption of a message

2013-11-19 Thread vedaal
1, keyid 506F4FA1D35FB186 data: [4095 bits] gpg: public key is D35FB186 You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: vedaal nistar (previous addresses were spam flooded) ved...@nym.hush.com 4096-bit RSA key, ID D35FB186, created 2008-01-22 gpg: Invalid passphrase; please try

Unusual (unintended?) behavor upon decryption of a message // follow-up correction

2013-11-19 Thread vedaal
vedaal at nym.hush.com vedaal at nym.hush.com wrote onTue Nov 19 18:14:31 CET 2013 : gpg: public key decryption failed: bad passphrase gpg: encrypted with unknown algorithm 163 gpg: decryption failed: unknown cipher algorithm (the passphrase used was: 12345) Now here is the last part

Unusual (unintended?) behavor upon decryption of a message // follow-up correction

2013-11-19 Thread vedaal
-key encrypted session key] (plain text + MDC SHA1(20 bytes)) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Unusual (unintended?) behavor upon decryption of a message

2013-11-19 Thread vedaal
On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Peter Lebbing pe...@digitalbrains.com wrote: On 19/11/13 18:14, ved...@nym.hush.com wrote: Why does gnupg give these types of error message, as opposed to simply stating 'decryption failed: bad passphrase' ?? What kind of relationship is there

Re: The symmetric ciphers

2013-10-31 Thread vedaal
be that, as Robert intuitively felt, an avenue of attack on the password and subsequently derived keys, might be far more feasible than trying to brute force a keyspace, and therefore rendering the resulting ciphertext more vulnerable than if it were encrypted only once. vedaal

Encrypting to a sign-only key // Is decryption possible?

2013-10-01 Thread vedaal
it was generated as 'only-sign' ? ) TIA, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

adding subkeys in gpg4 win

2013-09-09 Thread vedaal
missed? TIA, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Do we need / want (or already have) a mascot for OpenPGP?

2013-07-08 Thread vedaal
maybe an icon type visualization of a file/folder, covered with ascii PGP armor with a metallic shine, and a little head on top covered with a helmet, (with eyes showing through, and a smile showing through the visor of the helmet) and little armored arms and feet.

Re: Why OpenPGP is not wanted - stupid is in vogue right now

2013-06-11 Thread vedaal
a criminal element clientele and be fairly profitable, but then law enforcement can try to go the hardware key-logger route.) just a thought ... vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

gpg 2.x or gpg 1.x // is there a way to tell which one was used from the encrypted file?

2013-05-24 Thread vedaal
of the encrypting version is listed. TIA, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Fingerprint of the subkey just created?

2013-04-04 Thread vedaal
-mode $PGPID - It's even enough to just do: gpg --fingerprint --fingerprint and gnupg will list the keys and subkeys each with their short id followed by a line Key fingerprint with the fingerprint vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users

gnupg for android phones

2013-02-14 Thread vedaal
to get ubnutu to recognize a usb gnupg smart card reader ;-) ) tia, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: More secure than smartcard or cryptostick against remote attacks?

2013-02-06 Thread vedaal
the details of the metadata of the pdf and seeing what 'extra' material was embedded, but only if a habit is made of checking the metadata very carefully.) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: RSA // OAEP // SHA-1

2013-01-30 Thread vedaal
padding. As the session key is random, it isn't vulnerable to a plain-text attack, and might not need any padding at all, and so, the hash function used for the padding isn't such an issue... Sorry to take up the time needlessly. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users

RSA // OAEP // SHA-1

2013-01-29 Thread vedaal
through an RSA standard first? just curious, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Paperkey 1.3 // very durable but often overlooked backup medium

2013-01-08 Thread vedaal
. Anyone come across specific recommendations for paper, printer, and storage recommendations for 'Archival Paper Backup' ? TIA vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

paperkey // recommended OCR font ?

2013-01-04 Thread vedaal
and size to be used for accurate OCR ? OCR-A, OCR-B, Ordinary Courier 10, other ? (I know that the purpose of Paperkey is to be able to type it in by hand, if all else fails ;-) but if OCR works, it would make things much easier ... ) TIA vedaal

Obtain a signature ID with only a sig file?

2013-01-02 Thread vedaal
for a detached signature file, when only the signature file is present, and the file signed is not: $ gpg --list-packets /cygdrive/c/users/vedaal/'My Documents'/km1.pdf.gpg :compressed packet: algo=1 :onepass_sig packet: keyid A306C37B495CA15B version 3, sigclass 0x00, digest 8, pubkey 1

Is it safe to rename file.gpg to `md5sum file`?

2012-12-05 Thread vedaal
If your mapping table ever gets lost, you can easily recover the filename by decrypting the added ciphertext at the end of each encrypted file. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: OT: USB key with hardware encryption?

2012-12-03 Thread vedaal
to a full-size dvd. [4] The truecrypt volume doesn't dismount from the ordinary truecrypt window, but needs to be right-clicked on in the ubuntu file browser, and dismounted from the truecrypt option in the right-click drop down menu. hth, vedaal

Re: Is the signature encrypted

2012-11-05 Thread vedaal
and encrypted text is noticeably larger, which can be worked around by the user by making the message wordier, if the user, for whatever reason, wanted to conceal that the message wasn't signed.) tia, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users

Re: new release of GPA

2012-10-30 Thread vedaal
downloaded, and actively maintaining it and improving it!!! vedaal -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (MingW32) Comment: Acts of Kindness better the World, and protect the Soul iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJQj9hoAAoJEFBvT6HTX7GGUY0P+wR49fcsqgMg2aGKheOP3mMY Tp3nPNj1QnK7zFMyhs

encryption/decryption without files

2012-09-13 Thread vedaal
that gnupg can handle when done this way, (or any other problems)? TIA vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

A safe text editor // why??

2012-09-10 Thread vedaal
. ubuntu) writing to usb only, using any ubuntu editor, and then rebooting when done. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

gpg simplified?

2012-08-23 Thread vedaal
communication, she can then learn the other issues on how to do this safely. (She can find us on the web, and join this mailing list or others like it, and learn at her own pace ;-) ). vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

Re: how vulnerable is hidden-encrypt-to

2012-08-21 Thread vedaal
, the message M, and other padding to form an encoded message EM of length k octets as EM = 0x00 || 0x02 || PS || 0x00 || M. 4. Output EM. =[ end quoted sections ]= vedaal n.b. If you are interested in looking into this rigorously further, I recommend you contact Professor

Re: how vulnerable is hidden-encrypt-to

2012-08-20 Thread vedaal
it's sent from an appropriately anonymized e-mail address), and if it is signed, then the throw -keyid doesn't hide the sender's identity from the receiver. vedaal (sorry about thread-breaking ;-(( sent from a site that doesn't allow e-mail clients

Re: how vulnerable is hidden-encrypt-to

2012-08-20 Thread vedaal
not by the averaqe user :-) ... ) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

compiling GPA to run on windows // do-able?

2012-08-08 Thread vedaal nistar
is there anywhere else to find zlib? are there any other dependencies that are also needed before compiling? is it supposed to be 'not do-able' under windows? (the compililer *did* give the encouraging message of: 'checking whether build environment is sane... yes' ;-) ) TIA vedaal

Re: trampCrypt family of CLI programs

2012-08-01 Thread vedaal
* as to the problems that may occur. It is far, far worse to communicate using encryption, expecting that privacy will be maintained, when unknown to the user, it may not be, than not to communicate at all. Do not place such a 'stumbling block' before the 'blind'. vedaal (sorry about breaking

Oracle behavior in Gnupg? // (was 'possible bug in gpg?')

2012-07-30 Thread vedaal
, keyid 506F4FA1D35FB186 data: [4094 bits] gpg: public key is D35FB186 gpg: public key encrypted data: good DEK :encrypted data packet: length: 72 mdc_method: 2 gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit RSA key, ID D35FB186, created 2008-01- 22 vedaal nistar (previous addresses were spam

forward slash vs backward slash on ordinary (non-MSYS, non-Cygwin) windows commandline

2012-07-25 Thread vedaal
message that the directory can't be found, and that can be taken as an indication to use a forward slash rather than a backward slash) maybe this could be added to the documentation or the FAQ ? vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org

windows command line // my mistake

2012-07-25 Thread vedaal
but for the ordinary windows dos box, which doesn't allow pipes, sorry, my mistake :-(( current windows does allow pipe, but not grep vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

asymmetry of 'adduid' and 'deluid'

2012-07-24 Thread vedaal
it this way.) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

asymmetry of 'adduid' and 'deluid' // my mistake, sorry ;-(

2012-07-24 Thread vedaal
'Doesn't really matter much, since the secret key is required for both,' sorry, my mistake, to remove a uid, doesn't require the secret key, (probably done this way to maken it easier for users to manage their public keyrings) vedaal ___ Gnupg

Re: why is SHA1 used? How do I get SHA256 to be used?

2012-07-11 Thread vedaal
. (A clever, malicious attacker could backdate the clock, and have a forgery of something you did in the past, when you couldn't claim: Hey, that's an obvious forgery! I'm on record as saying I would never use SHA1 to sign anything anymore!) vedaal -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: why is SHA1 used? How do I get SHA256 to be used?

2012-07-10 Thread vedaal
. So when is it reasonable enough to suggest that SHA1 is broken enough to start working on a v5 key? vedaal -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (MingW32) Comment: Acts of Kindness better the World, and protect the Soul Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: why is SHA1 used? How do I get SHA256 to be used?

2012-07-09 Thread vedaal
SHA-256 (btw, am trying out thunderbird with enigmail, and a new gmail account, to try to not 'break threads' please let me know if it still breaks, thanks, vedaal my keys: http://www.angelfire.com/pr/pgpf/mykeys.html (have not yet added the new gmail uid and uploaded to keyservers) -BEGIN

Re: ideal.dll // fixing thread breaking

2012-06-27 Thread vedaal
it require unsubscribing and re-subscribing, or is there an easier way? Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: ideal.dll // fixing thread breaking

2012-06-27 Thread vedaal
, if not, any other suggestions to try in hushmail? TIA vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: ideal.dll // fixing thread breaking (Andy Ruddock)

2012-06-27 Thread vedaal
' is a premium user) Usually access gnupg during downtime at work, and cannot use a 'nym' on my work-based e-mail clients. Will think about setting up a 'non-thread breaker' thunderbird arrangement on my laptop, and send messages from there Thanks vedaal

idea.dll

2012-06-25 Thread vedaal
) tend to engender such passionate responses. it will be interesting to see if V4 keys will be gracefully abandoned as SHA1 becomes as broken as MD5, or if there will be die-hards holding onto they their V4 keys no matter what ... vedaal

ideal.dll

2012-06-22 Thread vedaal
except for people who insist on it. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: ideal.dll

2012-06-22 Thread vedaal
, trivially countered by simply listing the keysize together with the fingerprint. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: ideal.dll

2012-06-22 Thread vedaal
never called it a 'fix'. It's an easily describable and do-able workaround for people who need their v3's for their preferred cryptosystem.) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: ideal.dll

2012-06-22 Thread vedaal
to decrypt them, and nostalgic to see their verified signatures, and am thankful to WK for allowing this in gnupg 1.x, and soon in gnupg 2.x. Am somewhat surprised by the unprovoked V3 rants, when I asked for nothing from anyone, and only thanked WK for allowing it to happen. vedaal

idea.dll

2012-06-21 Thread vedaal
) Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

idea.dll

2012-06-21 Thread vedaal
vedaal at nym.hush.com vedaal at nym.hush.com wrote on Thu Jun 21 19:05:06 CEST 2012 : Will GnuPG 2.x then allow importation of v3 keys? (main reason I still prefer 1.4.x over 2.x) Sorry, my mistake, gnupg 2.x does import v3 keys, haven't looked at this aspect for a while, as I couldn't use my

way to see what cipher/algo was used to create your key?

2012-06-19 Thread vedaal
a listing explaining these things be in the FAQ ? ) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Draft of nine new FAQ questions

2012-05-25 Thread vedaal
. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

gnupg error messages

2012-04-04 Thread vedaal
Is there a listing anywhere of the different 'error messages' that gnupg gives when something is wrong, (specifically, when there is an error message in trying to decrypt) ? TIA vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

compilation information ?

2012-03-12 Thread vedaal
(Cygwin) Is there any way to find out without performing a gpg function on a file? TIA, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: US 11 Circ: 5th Am. passphrase demands

2012-02-24 Thread vedaal
their privacy by using encryption, while the bad guys seem not only to need no convincing, they use the encryption so effectively that capable intelligence agencies can't crack it) now if only they got a warrant to put in a keylogger before setting him free ... vedaal

re: Why hashed User IDs is not the solution to User ID enumeration (was: Re: Creating a key bearing no user ID)

2012-01-25 Thread vedaal
address separately to whomever the user wants to correspond with.) fwiw, Have never received any keyserver id related spam on some of my old V3 keys that are used only for remailer list correspondence and have been on keyservers for well over a decade. vedaal

Re: Why hashed User IDs is not the solution to User ID enumeration (was: Re: Creating a key bearing no user ID)

2012-01-25 Thread vedaal
easier to just give the fingerprint ;-) than to go through all the above, but it's a possible doable approach ... vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

maximum passphrase for symmetric encryption ?

2011-12-27 Thread vedaal
more relevant in my case, where I routinely use 3DES ;-) ) (am not familiar enough with the primitives of symmetric encryption in how a string to key symmetric encryption works.) TIA, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

maximum passphrase for symmetric encryption ?

2011-12-27 Thread vedaal
Truecrypt does not accept more than 64, for whole disk encryption. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

re: keyserver spam

2011-12-16 Thread vedaal
What if keyservers were to limit the amount of keys generated or uploaded to a 'reasonable' amount which no 'real' user would exceed? (i.e. 10/day, or some other number discussed and agreed upon by the various keyservers?) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users

re: key selection in batch decryptions

2011-10-11 Thread vedaal
the one I intend. Not with a direct command, but with a simple workaround. Make another keyring with only the key(s) you want tried, and point gnupg to that keyring for that batch job. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

rfc 4880 // armor headers and footers

2011-10-03 Thread vedaal
... Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-22 Thread vedaal
on a flashdrive to run from windows, it does have the advantage of the unix-like commands. Sorry, about the 'ONLY' ... vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-22 Thread vedaal
, and a miniDVD with ubuntu), then, assuming there is no keylogger on the borrowed laptop, what is the problem with booting from the ubuntu miniDVD, and running gnupg from ubuntu while accessing the keys from the usb, and writing to the usb? vedaal ___ Gnupg

windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-22 Thread vedaal
is available anyway, and the mbr on the hard drive isn't accessed. Now if these rootkits can copy the usb secring, then I might be worried. Can they?? Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org

windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-22 Thread vedaal
' for my limited threat model, and non-UEFI motherboards), is it to run gnupg from a usb and an Ubuntu install disk, when booting bypasses the harddrive's mbr altogether, even considering known bios rootkit infections? (or are we drifting into really OT waters already? ;-) ) vedaal

gnupg2.x // adding subkeys - possible only from commandline ?

2011-09-21 Thread vedaal
) (6) RSA (encrypt only) (7) DSA (set your own capabilities) (8) RSA (set your own capabilities) Your selection? - Is there a way to do this from any of the gpg4win front ends? TIA, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org

Re: windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-20 Thread vedaal
;-) ) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

re: MS windows and gnupg

2011-09-19 Thread vedaal
MingW\bin folder). So, as long as you don't need permission to run msys.bat from a flashdrive (Norton and some other antivirus software sometimes get upset with this), you can have a portable MingW-MSYS compiler that works on windows machines). vedaal

Re: windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-16 Thread vedaal
/cyowb.html As expected, the compilation does not include iconv.dll, so a link to the gnupg.org iconv.dll download and instructions, http://www.gnupg.org/download/iconv.en.html , is also provided. If anyone has any suggestions for improvement, please post, Thanks, vedaal

re: windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-16 Thread vedaal
, that the resultant files have the same hash? Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

re: windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // compilation instructions posted

2011-09-16 Thread vedaal
reasonably certain that Maxine would have accepted the ftp of the bunary and its sig, 'on faith') ;-) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // link no longer on gnupg site?

2011-09-13 Thread vedaal
primarily in order to update Maxine Brandt's Torduninja site that I recreated, as no one had access to her old site after she passed on) http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/mbgpg2go/tp.html Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users

Re: windows binary for gnupg 1.4.11 // link no longer on gnupg site?

2011-09-13 Thread vedaal
Maxine Brandt's GPG- to-GO site, in the event that windows binaries for 1.x might not available. If anyone has a simpler way of doing this, or any other suggestions, please post, Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

Re: displaying decrypted plaintext on screen instead of output to file

2011-09-09 Thread vedaal
;-) vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

displaying decrypted plaintext on screen instead of output to file

2011-09-08 Thread vedaal
that just encrypts anything copied to clipboard, but can it be done just from the gnupg commandline?) Thanks, vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: displaying decrypted plaintext on screen instead of output to file

2011-09-08 Thread vedaal
.asc as the desired ciphertext, but only by encrypting the plaintext in the input file f1.txt If you, (or anyone else here), were able to get this to work, could you please list all the steps and the gpg output? Thanks! vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing

Re: displaying decrypted plaintext on screen instead of output to file

2011-09-08 Thread vedaal
filesave.asc which is something I would not have known before DGK's suggestion. vedaal ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

re:Extract numbers from a key

2011-08-17 Thread vedaal
Peter Lebbing peter at digitalbrains.com wrote on _Mon Aug 15 11:06:53 CEST 2011_ : ... when trying to solve the RSA problem ... Here is a good overview (dated 1998, but not too many new RSA attack approaches since then:-) ) of 20 years of RSA attacks:

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