Hi All I need to travel a lot and send emails/proposals on the go. Mostly I just carry my docs on a pendrive, rarely also carrying a laptop. So even though I have known PGP for quite a long time and I tried my hand at it, also at thawte, I never took it seriously since PGP needs to be installed and all. Now I found GnuPG and liked it - its small and can be carried on the pendrive easily. I have a few questions:
1. While creating the key, I noticed RSA is sign only. Does it mean an RSA key cannot be used to encrypt? Why so - even RSA is now in public domain I believe. PGP (the free version) also allows RSA keys. The algorithm used instead by GnuPG is "DSA and Elgamal' which I havent heard of and dont know if they are equally secure. Are these compatible with PGP? 2. What happens if I loose the pendrive? They would not know the password but they would have the secret key. Does it make it easier for them to hack the messages I have already received, and possibly the encrypted files I have stored on the same pendrive? 3. Is there a wipe function or a wipe software also available from Gnu similar to the one offered by PGP? I need one that can be run from a pendrive without installation. Regards Hardeep Singh Give your resume visibility. Get a home for it. Resume Central. http://RC.Hardeep.name _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
