Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 4:34 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: On 03/17/2015 10:04 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 3/17/15 1:54 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: -Original Message- Assuming you get the package, the signature, and the fingerprint from the same *.gnupg.org resources, what does that buy you? S

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 4:17 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: On 2015-03-17 23:18, Doug Barton wrote: I think you are asking way too much, and giving near-zero value in return. I'm not asking for anything. Originally you suggested that they verify the fingerprint, and use that to retrieve the key. Glad to see n

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/17/2015 10:04 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 3/17/15 1:54 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: -Original Message- > > Assuming you get the package, the signature, and the fingerprint > from the same *.gnupg.org resources, what does that buy y

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/17/2015 11:02 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 17/03/15 22:56, Peter Lebbing wrote: >> and checking it says >> >> pub 2048R/4F25E3B6 2011-01-12 [expires: 2019-12-31] Key >> fingerprint = D869 2123 C406 5DEA 5E0F 3AB5 249B 39D2 4F25 E3B6 >> ui

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 2015-03-17 23:18, Doug Barton wrote: I think you are asking way too much, and giving near-zero value in return. I'm not asking for anything. I suggested they check the plain SHA1 checksum or even not check at all! I'm merely opposed to making people think the short key ID is any good for v

RE: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Smith, Cathy
@gnupg.org Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server On 3/17/15 7:23 AM, Clark Rivard wrote: > I currently have GPG 1.4.8 installed on a Windows server. Can the > c:\Programs Files (x86)\GNU\ directory simply be copied to another > server and used or do I need to go th

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 17/03/15 22:34, Doug Barton wrote: >> Assuming they're all protected by https, nothing. > > I think you missed my point. If all three resources related to verification > are > provided by the same source, then verifying the fingerprint gets you zero > added > security. It's more or less equiv

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 2:56 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: On 17/03/15 22:34, Doug Barton wrote: Assuming they're all protected by https, nothing. I think you missed my point. If all three resources related to verification are provided by the same source, then verifying the fingerprint gets you zero added secur

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 17/03/15 22:56, Peter Lebbing wrote: > and checking it says > > pub 2048R/4F25E3B6 2011-01-12 [expires: 2019-12-31] > Key fingerprint = D869 2123 C406 5DEA 5E0F 3AB5 249B 39D2 4F25 E3B6 > uid [ full ] Werner Koch (dist sig) > sub 2048R/AC87C71A 2011-01-12 [expires: 2019-12-31

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 1:54 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: -Original Message- From: Doug Barton [mailto:dougb@dougbarton.email] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:07 PM To: Clark Rivard Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server gpg: Signature made Fri Feb 27 00:55:58 2015 PST using RSA key

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 2:19 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: On 17/03/15 22:04, Doug Barton wrote: Assuming you get the package, the signature, and the fingerprint from the same *.gnupg.org resources, what does that buy you? Assuming they're all protected by https, nothing. I think you missed my point. If all t

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 2:27 PM, Clark Rivard wrote: How do you check the fingerprint? Step 1 is that you have to get a validated version of the fingerprint of the key that you would have been using to verify the package if you could have downloaded that key in the first place. The concept of validating

RE: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Clark Rivard
How do you check the fingerprint? -Original Message- From: Gnupg-users [mailto:gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org] On Behalf Of Peter Lebbing Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 4:19 PM To: Doug Barton Cc: GnuPG Users Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server On 17/03/15 22:04

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 17/03/15 22:04, Doug Barton wrote: > Assuming you get the package, the signature, and the fingerprint from the same > *.gnupg.org resources, what does that buy you? Assuming they're all protected by https, nothing. What does verification of that signature buy you though? That your download was

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 17/03/15 22:09, Clark Rivard wrote: > I used the "sha1sum" option and got the expected result - does this verify > the integrity adequately? It's just as good as verifying the signature of a key with short ID 4F25E3B6. As you can soon see elsewhere in this thread, I don't think it practicall

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
: GnuPG Users Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server On 3/17/15 1:42 PM, Clark Rivard wrote: I ran the recv-key command again and got a message about "requesting key...from hkp server pool..." but then got "HTTP fetch error 7 couldn't connect: No error&qu

RE: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Clark Rivard
rch 17, 2015 3:46 PM To: Clark Rivard Cc: GnuPG Users Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server On 3/17/15 1:42 PM, Clark Rivard wrote: > I ran the recv-key command again and got a message about "requesting > key...from hkp server pool..." but then got "H

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
>> -Original Message- >> From: Doug Barton [mailto:dougb@dougbarton.email] >> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:07 PM >> To: Clark Rivard >> Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server >> gpg: Signature made Fri Feb 27 00:55:58 2015 PST

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 1:42 PM, Clark Rivard wrote: I ran the recv-key command again and got a message about "requesting key...from hkp server pool..." but then got "HTTP fetch error 7 couldn't connect: No error" Any ideas? Try it a few more times, you may have gotten a bad server from the pool. If it s

RE: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Clark Rivard
March 17, 2015 3:28 PM To: Clark Rivard Cc: GnuPG Users Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server Please keep things on the list so that the most users can be helped. You need to run the --recv-key command first, or the --verify command will continue to fail. Try this: gpg -

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
sage- From: Doug Barton [mailto:dougb@dougbarton.email] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:07 PM To: Clark Rivard Subject: Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server You need to download the key referenced in the first message: gpg --recv-key 4F25E3B6 then do your verify command again:

Re: Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/17/15 7:23 AM, Clark Rivard wrote: I currently have GPG 1.4.8 installed on a Windows server. Can the c:\Programs Files (x86)\GNU\ directory simply be copied to another server and used or do I need to go through the “download and installation” process on the new server? Thanks. 1.4.8 is da

Copy Current GPG Installation to Another Server

2015-03-17 Thread Clark Rivard
I currently have GPG 1.4.8 installed on a Windows server. Can the c:\Programs Files (x86)\GNU\ directory simply be copied to another server and used or do I need to go through the "download and installation" process on the new server? Thanks. ___