Re: "--for-your-eyes-only"

2005-06-27 Thread David Shaw
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 11:16:47AM +, Charly Avital wrote: > when a message processed in MacGPG (GnuPG for the Mac), with those two > options, is decrypted using GnuPG (e.g. by command line) the verbose gpg > output contains a line reading: > gpg: NOTE: sender requested "for-your-eyes-only" >

pinpad cardreader; imported smart-card keys

2005-06-27 Thread Alex Mauer
I'll ask the quick question first: I purchased an SCM SPR332 card reader, based on the Smartcard Howto's statement (about the SPR532) "The pinpad may be used to securely enter the PIN". I have found that I cannot use the pinpad, at least not with gnupg. Is this due to a misinterpretation of that

keeping possession of a private key secret

2005-06-27 Thread Anonymous Sender
If I create a keypair in the normal way, the mails, files, etc., encrypted with it are protected by the passphrase as well as the private key. But access to my hard drive would easily reveal $ gpg --list-secret-keys my secret identity that I want to use for pseudonymous publishing. Any suggestion

Re: How to import a secret subkey?

2005-06-27 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:08:18 +0100, Adam Funk said: > I think there used to be a restriction that "gpg --import secretkey.gpg" > wouldn't work without setting a special option. Is importing secret keys > by accident no longer considered a risk? This was fixed with version 1.0.7 about 3 years a