Re: Need non-writable --homedir

2006-09-12 Thread Josef Wolf
On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 03:05:08PM -0400, David Shaw wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 08:42:39PM +0200, Josef Wolf wrote: > > > AFAIK, having random_seed be accessible to unauthorized people is > > not acceptable. Thus I have no choice, I just _have_ to use the > > --no-random-seed-file option.

Re: Need non-writable --homedir

2006-09-12 Thread David Shaw
On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 08:42:39PM +0200, Josef Wolf wrote: > AFAIK, having random_seed be accessible to unauthorized people is > not acceptable. Thus I have no choice, I just _have_ to use the > --no-random-seed-file option. Unfortunately, the man page don't > explain where the random data come

Re: Need non-writable --homedir

2006-09-12 Thread Robert J. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I apologize if this email seems snarky. However, I'm getting tired of repeating the same answers over and over again. Josef Wolf wrote: >>> Don't most unices have /dev/random nowadays? I never planned to >>> run this thing on a windows box :) >>

Re: Need non-writable --homedir

2006-09-12 Thread Josef Wolf
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 05:28:25PM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Josef Wolf wrote: > > Don't most unices have /dev/random nowadays? I never planned to run > > this thing on a windows box :) > GnuPG has been ported to many platforms. BeOS, OpenVMS, Win32, and many > more that have no /dev/rand

Re: Beginner's smartcard questions

2006-09-12 Thread Joerg Schmitz-Linneweber
Hi! Am Mittwoch, 6. September 2006 19:11 schrieb Sven Radde: > Hi! > > I intend to buy an OpenPGP card and I have some questions regarding its use > unter WinXP, particularly in combination with my new (and yet untested) > banking card. Is there any difference in the required hardware to access >