Thanks Werner! > The keybox is the default for new installations (that is if there is no > pubring.gpg) since 2.1. I implemented it so that (iirc) were able to do > 20 signature verifications from a random set of keys out of 30000 keys > within a second. Unfortunately recent changes to internal workings > dropped the performance again.
Wow :) > If you want to encrypt only, there may be a simpler way: The new option > -F takes a file with a single key and encrypts to that key, without any > need to access the public keyring. Ah, that is a most useful addition :) I also found the internal API after writing this and found that I can load the keys, which is yet another way to get it done. Great! > We use it for example in our Web Key > Directory tools to do a run a challenge response protocol. See > gnupg/tools/gpg-wks-server.c for some hints but I can also explain usage > if you explain your protocol in more detail. Thanks. I am still designing, so things are still fuzzy and looking where they fit in :) The above is already quite helpful! -Rick _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
