>Message: 8 >Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:28:34 -0400 >From: Avi <avi.w...@gmail.com> >To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
>What about us windows users who do not have GPG installed on our >desktops, but our secure USB sticks. 1.4.11 works very nicely as >a stand-alone (or in my case, with GPGShell). >However, I am not a real programmer, nor do I play one on the radio (I just pretend to be one for the free stuff 8-) ) and so while I probably could, if I had to, compile from source using Cygwin or MingW, I'd feel safer if someone who knew what they were doing did it. ----- 1.4.11 when compiled from cygwin, works ok on windows, but only within cygwin. It WON'T work on a flashdrive that's attached to any windows system where cygwin isn't installed, as it needs some cygwin-specific dlls. 1.4.11 from mingw, will work anywhere, and is VERY EASY to compile from the posted instructions, (I'm not a real programmer either, and only recently have been able to successfully do 'Hello World' from Python and Perl, and haven't graduated to C yet ;-)) ) (Compiling from mingw according to the posted instructions, is easier than setting up gpgshell on a flashdrive, which isn't that hard, and is something you have already done), so try it ;-). BTW, There is a unique advantage to running gnupg from cygwin on windows, as it's the only way to make use of unix-like commands, (cat, grep, printf, etc.) and pipe them to and from gnupg. But, if you want a possibly 'more secure' flashdrive gnupg setup that lets you do everything, you can install ubuntu on a (big) usb drive, boot from the usb, and run gnupg from ubuntu. or, Boot from an ubuntu pocket dvd, and keep your keys and stuff on the usb , and write (encrypt or decrypt) to the usb. (and you don't have to compile anything ;-) ) vedaal _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
