Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-14 Thread Avi
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Robert J. Hansen r...@sixdemonbag.orgwrote: Avi wrote: Yes, Robert, that is possible. However, IIRC, signatures come with a time stamp. The OpenPGP time stamp is not a trusted timestamp and should not be relied upon for any trusted purpose. Point taken.

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-14 Thread John Clizbe
Avi wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Robert J. Hansen r...@sixdemonbag.org wrote: There's no pre-creation necessary in the scenario I outlined. Maybe I just know an uncommon class of scoundrels, but that level of skulduggery is fairly tame in my experience. Again,

Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 jakse escribió: You are right, john and I already tested it, i had to send the public key to him by mail though. He could find it on the key server... hmmm?! which is strange since i think i uploaded it at some point in time. Mmm... it is

Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 jakse escribió: And by the way... why do you all sign your messages here? I'm not sure i have understood the signing idea completely? it is to make sure that the reader knows the sender is the person he/she says he/she is!? right!? Sorry, I

Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Robert J. Hansen
(This email is for jakse, although I'm responding to Faramir's email.) And by the way... why do you all sign your messages here? I'm not sure i have understood the signing idea completely? it is to make sure that the reader knows the sender is the person he/she says he/she is!? right!? An

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Avi
Yes, Robert, that is possible. However, IIRC, signatures come with a time stamp. In the case I am envisioning, the quotER is taking it from somwhere, and the quotEE can show the prior, complete post. Yes, this does not prevent someone from pre-creating two different messages, but someone

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Avi wrote: For example, given the possibility of a piece of an e-mail being quoted out of context, signing my messages allows me to demonstrate the totality of what I did write at the time I wrote it, so I have a recourse to show the entire post and its context. The same would apply for text

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Avi wrote: Yes, Robert, that is possible. However, IIRC, signatures come with a time stamp. The OpenPGP time stamp is not a trusted timestamp and should not be relied upon for any trusted purpose. In the case I am envisioning, the quotER is taking it from somwhere, and the quotEE can show

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Robert J. Hansen escribió: ... If the person presenting you with a quote also includes the signature of the message they're quoting, though, then yes, this becomes possible. But if they're excerpting you, odds are good they don't have your

Re: recover private key

2009-01-12 Thread jakse
completely? it is to make sure that the reader knows the sender is the person he/she says he/she is!? right!? hope you are all enjoying the weekend! J -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/recover-private-key-tp21268023p21397920.html Sent from the GnuPG - User mailing list archive

Re: recover private key

2009-01-10 Thread jakse
it when it is needed! J -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/recover-private-key-tp21268023p21386574.html Sent from the GnuPG - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

Re: recover private key

2009-01-10 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 jakse escribió: Thanks so much! i really think it worked You are welcome ;) does anyone have the time to test it with me? see - i'm kinda of semi nerdy and really dont know anyone who sends encrypted files... i justed wanted this stuff to

Re: recover private key

2009-01-09 Thread jakse
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Re: recover private key

2009-01-09 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 jakse escribió: Does'nt look good ! i dont have secring.gpg but i doo have one called secring.asc While I can't be sure about that, it looks VERY good... does that help me? *I think* there is a good chance it is what you need. GnuPG uses

recover private key

2009-01-06 Thread jakse
i can recover my private key? J -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/recover-private-key-tp21268023p21268023.html Sent from the GnuPG - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http

Re: recover private key

2009-01-06 Thread David Shaw
On Jan 3, 2009, at 1:59 PM, jakse wrote: dear forum. I am using GnuPG on my mac. had a problem and had to reinstall everything... lost all data. from old backup i have some info on my key. The trustdb was created and so on, and i have a fingerprint for my pub key, uid and sub. however i

Re: recover private key

2009-01-06 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 jakse escribió: dear forum. I am using GnuPG on my mac. had a problem and had to reinstall everything... lost all data. Unless you have a backup, you can't recover the private key. However, there are chances you can recover deleted files