Re: hard-copy backups

2006-01-04 Thread Patrick Plattes
Atom Smasher wrote: has anyone given any thought to what would be the difference between carefully and carelessly making hard-copy backups of secret keys? i mean, it would be stupid to print a copy of ones secret key (with a weak passphrase) and leave it lying on a table next to a window. OTO

hard-copy backups

2006-01-04 Thread Atom Smasher
has anyone given any thought to what would be the difference between carefully and carelessly making hard-copy backups of secret keys? i mean, it would be stupid to print a copy of ones secret key (with a weak passphrase) and leave it lying on a table next to a window. OTOH, a printed copy of

Re: lost private key password

2006-01-04 Thread Kurt Fitzner
Realos wrote: > What would you suggest in this case? A brute force attack with some > software if I know part of the password? What tool is suitable for that? There isn't any software that I know of to brute-force a GnuPG password. You could probably whip up something quick and dirty using GnuPG's

Re: lost private key password

2006-01-04 Thread lusfert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Patrick Plattes wrote on 05.01.2006 2:13: > Realos wrote: > >> hello, >> >> I have found an old pair of private and public keys but unfortunaltely >> do no remember the corresponding password. Public key is places on key >> servers, thus I would

Re: lost private key password

2006-01-04 Thread Patrick Plattes
Realos wrote: hello, I have found an old pair of private and public keys but unfortunaltely do no remember the corresponding password. Public key is places on key servers, thus I would like to have access to it's password again. What would you suggest in this case? A brute force attack with so

lost private key password

2006-01-04 Thread Realos
hello, I have found an old pair of private and public keys but unfortunaltely do no remember the corresponding password. Public key is places on key servers, thus I would like to have access to it's password again. What would you suggest in this case? A brute force attack with some software if I

Re: updating a key's self-signature

2006-01-04 Thread David Shaw
On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 07:59:08PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Message: 8 > >Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:43:01 -0500 > >From: David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: updating a key's self-signature > > >Yes, but note that it's still possible for someone to get the old > >self-sig fro

Re: Using of subkeys for encryption

2006-01-04 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:39:44 +0100, Patrick Plattes said: > gpg: encrypted with 1024-bit RSA key, ID 37BDF910, created 2005-09-21 > "Patrick Plattes (Mr. Parity) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > gpg: public key decryption failed: wrong secret key used I missed this message in my first reply. > gpg: d

Re: Using of subkeys for encryption

2006-01-04 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:39:44 +0100, Patrick Plattes said: sec> 1024R/F7E086A6 2005-09-21 [expires: 2008-09-20] > Card serial no. = 0001 04FB The key is on the card. Check whether the card works: gpg --card-status should list the key too. Salam-Shalom, Werner

Using of subkeys for encryption

2006-01-04 Thread Patrick Plattes
Hello, i have a problem while encrypting a message. I'm using the OpenPGP Card but i think the Problem doesn't depends on it. I've got a an decrypted e-mail and if i try to encrypt the e-mail i got a "gpg: public key decryption failed: wrong secret key used". The ID of the used key is an ID