-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: MD5 Hi Allie,
thanks for that. I'd prefer to use gnuPG if possible but it sounds like i might need to have a bit of a play before I commit to it. Toby Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 9:43:07 PM, you wrote: AM> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, AM> Carmeanu [C] wrote:' C>> the "TB" implementation of GnuPG is something close to crap! They C>> based it on old an insecure encoding standards, what makes it C>> impossible for TheBat to decrypt GnuPG encrypted messages from other C>> mailers. The actual encoding standard uses encrypted attachments, C>> TheBat can en-/decrypt only the message itself. AM> I've been using GnuPG with TB! for a long time. With the plug-in you can AM> sign, decrypt and encrypt messages. However, it uses a strict UID AM> matching system (smart matching) when doing so in that it will select a AM> key to use only if the key has an exactly matching name <address> AM> combination to the one the plug-in is looking for. Key management and AM> GnuPG configuration, you have to do via the CLI or you install either AM> GPGShell or WinPT for this. AM> I've explained how to install and use the plug-in in this article: AM> http://www.landscreek.net/gpg_pgp_tb.html AM> There is one annoying thing in the plug-in in that when decrypting, you AM> have to always fill in the UID and password for the key you wish to AM> decrypt with. The UID isn't automatically filled in based on the To: AM> address field or the ID of the public key used for encryption. I created AM> a macro that does this for me. AM> The smartmatching feature is a fail safe measure not welcomed by many AM> since it can be difficult to use the plug-in when there are many who AM> send messages with a From name and address that doesn't correspond with AM> any of the UID's associated with key they signed their message with. AM> For example, a person may have create his key with the UID: AM> Jasper Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AM> and then sends messages with the From name <address>: AM> Jasper Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AM> or AM> Jas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AM> The plug-in will not encrypt messages to a name <address> that doesn't AM> have matching UID in one of your public keys. You'll get an error. You AM> have to change the To: name <address> to one that matches one of the AM> UID's associated with the public key or use GPG Shell to do the AM> encryption ignoring the UID match. AM> The same thing goes for you trying to sign a message using a From name AM> <address> that doesn't exactly match a UID of your key. You'd also get AM> an error. The only way to sign with the plug-in would be to add the name AM> <address> combination you're using as a UID to your key. AM> PGP is a lot more forgiving in this way or it offers you a key selection AM> dialog when a match fails. You can then select the key you wish to use. AM> It will also sign with your default key, no matter which From address AM> you have in your message. AM> I haven't been having problems decrypting messages from other PGP and AM> GnuPG users. --------------------------------------- Life is poetry - write it in your own words. --------------------------------------- Toby Tremayne Technical Team Lead Code Poet and Zen Master of the Heavy Sleep Toll Solutions 154 Moray St Sth Melbourne VIC 3205 +61 3 9697 2317 0416 048 090 ICQ: 13107913 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAwUAPhtasUYhrxxXvPlFAQFjWgP+JVqTJKvIclEtZ/EfiptDeQfVFvyn8Ecg AMX99v1vBHYr+SftpEITbR5mPtQLjye4JQLmtdRg6if7ErzPWH3HBRwLZN073Pyb mTve1qcb3vJUn3LI1hCM+E2aCTM/uAmbtS/vmk32O+xtSTV1pmdDc8Ywcw1R5vij eHea7+osVV0= =hxn0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
