Encrypting for a user who has a IDEA public key

2005-05-03 Thread vedaal
mconahan at zixtestott.com wrote: >I created a PGP keypair using a PGPCorp desktop client, where the > key used the IDEA cipher. I then exported the public cert, and > successfully imported it into GnuPG. I then was able to encrypt a > message for the PGPCorp user, and the PGPCorp user

RE: Encrypting for a user who has a IDEA public key

2005-05-03 Thread Ryan Malayter
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is this expected behaviour of > GnuPG? I thought GnuPG does not support the IDEA algorithm in any > form. Could someone please shed some light on this? The default fallback algorithm is 3DES... All OpenPGP-compliant programs must support it. If GnuPG can't find a matc

How to install your GPG keys to a USB dongle for Windows

2005-05-03 Thread daveb
I recently decided to store my keyrings on a USB dongle. I had a lot of trouble finding information on how to do this properly for Windows (lots of info for Linux though). After figuring it out, I thought I'd pass on the information. How to install your GPG keys to a USB dongle for WIN XP 1. I

Re: selecting the preferred UID

2005-05-03 Thread Folkert van Heusden
>> it shows my '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as the first UID. >> I would like to have my '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as the primary UID. >> How can I change this? > gpg --edit-key your_key > - select the user ID (1 selects the first, 2, the second etc.) > - "primary" > - "save" > Send the key to the keyservers. T

Re: selecting the preferred UID

2005-05-03 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 3 May 2005 17:33:38 +0200, folkert said: > it shows my '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as the first UID. > I would like to have my '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as the primary UID. > How can I change this? gpg --edit-key your_key - select the user ID (1 selects the first, 2, the second etc.) - "primary" - "

Re: Encrypting for a user who has a IDEA public key

2005-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I created a PGP keypair using a PGPCorp desktop client, where the key used the IDEA cipher. I then exported the public cert, and successfully imported it into GnuPG. I then was able to encrypt a message for the PGPCorp user, and the PGPCorp user was abl

Encrypting for a user who has a IDEA public key

2005-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everyone, I created a PGP keypair using a PGPCorp desktop client, where the key used the IDEA cipher. I then exported the public cert, and successfully imported it into GnuPG. I then was able to encrypt a message for the PGPCorp user, and the PGPCorp user was able to decrypt the message

Re: 2 noob problems

2005-05-03 Thread matthew . east
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 4:06 am, Matthew East wrote: First, when searching for keys on keyservers (i've tried the one supplied by default with gpg as well as pgp.mit.edu) using the "gpg --search-keys" command, it just sits there for ages without doing anything. What command are you using? Search by

selecting the preferred UID

2005-05-03 Thread folkert
Hi, If I do a list-key on my key: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpg --list-key 1F28D8AE pub 1024D/1F28D8AE 2005-01-21 uid Folkert van Heusden (use this one if you want to reach me at the AMC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uid Folkert van Heusden (key used after 2005-01-21) <[EMA

Re: decrypting large files failes

2005-05-03 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 03 May 2005 10:34:28 +0200, Daniel Musketa said: > Is there a size limit for creating gpg files? In general no. However there might be a problem with the Windows version. There is a workaround which will work for sure: gpg -e message.gpg gpg message This way gpg does not know abo

Re: OpenPGP smartcard - authentication key

2005-05-03 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 03 May 2005 14:56:45 +0200, Wolfgang Rosenauer said: > I've tried gpg -a --export KEYID but I'm not sure if this is the > correct format for SSH usage. No, it is not. What you export with this is the entire OpenPGP Key with primary key, UserIDs and subkeys. And well, it is still an Open

Re: OpenPGP smartcard - authentication key

2005-05-03 Thread Wolfgang Rosenauer
Werner Koch wrote: If that is an 1024 bit RSA key, this is indeed possible. The HOWTO will tell you: http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/howtos.html#GnuPG-cardHOWTO In short: Use gpg --edit-key and then the command keytocard. The problem might be to convert an SSH key to a GnuPG key. There is no

Re: decrypting large files failes

2005-05-03 Thread DBSMITH
If you do not get a resultion within gpg, then you could "split" the file, using split on the command line. This will divide the file in 2. Derek B. Smith OhioHealth IT UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams Daniel Muske

decrypting large files failes

2005-05-03 Thread Daniel Musketa
Hello, I get the following error while trying to decrypt a file (using gnupg 1.4.0 on Win2k): gpg: packet(6) with unknown version 207 gpg: Warnung: Verschl\x81sselte Botschaft ist manipuliert worden! gpg: packet(1) with unknown version 22 The file size is 4.5 GB. The first part (with

Re: 2 noob problems

2005-05-03 Thread Neil Williams
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 4:06 am, Matthew East wrote: > First, when searching for keys on keyservers (i've tried the one > supplied by default with gpg as well as pgp.mit.edu) using the "gpg > --search-keys" command, it just sits there for ages without doing > anything. What command are you using? S