On Jun 19, 2012, at 1:50 AM, Hauke Laging wrote: > Am Di 19.06.2012, 01:03:26 schrieb Michael Hannemann: > >> pub:f:1024:17:xxxxxx--TpTpTpTp:1999-04-08:::-:[my collaborator]::scaESCA: >> sub:f:2048:16:xxxxxx--TsTsTsTs:1999-04-08::::::e: > > This seems not to leave any room for ambiguity: One key only which can be > encrypted to. Does the long ID (field 5) match the value you get on your > system?
I will check that when I get the response back from them. I've been cautious, since I'm getting back into GPG use after 10 years away, while they say this is a system they've been using with other people. But the closer I've looked, the more it's seemed like this can't be any other way. If, as you suggested, the key I have matches the key they're using. >> I just want to make >> sure to them that I'm not asking for someone else's private data. > > Even if so. Isn't the sense of all this that you can give the encrypted data > to just anyone without havong to be worried? 8-) > > But they may, of course, encrypt some dummy data to themselves for giving to > you. They shall just check that they can decrypt it. > > >> This seems better than my request that they send me the results of "gpg --vv >> --list-secret-keys ...", which I suggested because I read somewhere that if >> the passphrase is somehow disconnected, the "sec" header on that will show >> up with a # or some other indicator indicating a broken key. > > That has nothing to do with the passphrase. "#" indicates a stub (key has > been > there but kind of removed; --export-secret-subkeys), ">" indicates that the > key is on a smartcard. Sorry, thanks for the correction. I knew there was a way that the secret key could be removed, and I wondered if somehow this has been done to their system, perhaps without the knowledge of the particular person I'm working with. I just wanted to rule that out as a possibility. thanks, Michael _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
