Re: Issues w/Daylight Savings Time in 2007 ?

2006-12-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
David Shaw wrote: > Werner would have to say the reason, but I want to note that this is > only an output/display change. Internally, GPG will always use > seconds since epoch for OpenPGP as this is part of the OpenPGP > specification. Well, before the changeover happens, I'd appreciate it if a s

Re: gnupg clearsigning question

2006-12-27 Thread Kenneth Finnegan
It would add the requirement that he had control of his PGP key, but a smarter thing to do would be to just encrypt his TrueCrypt volume with PGP. Same effect with a lot less pain. But at some point you really need to face when the encryption is overkill relative to the security needed. Kenneth

Re: Issues w/Daylight Savings Time in 2007 ?

2006-12-27 Thread David Shaw
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 12:01:51AM -0600, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > David Shaw wrote: > > GPG (like all OpenPGP programs) uses the common "seconds since > > 1/1/1970 UTC" method of storing time where daylight savings time or > > other conversions are irrelevant. > > In doc/DETAILS, it says that so

Re: Issues w/Daylight Savings Time in 2007 ?

2006-12-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
David Shaw wrote: > GPG (like all OpenPGP programs) uses the common "seconds since > 1/1/1970 UTC" method of storing time where daylight savings time or > other conversions are irrelevant. In doc/DETAILS, it says that soon GnuPG will migrate to an ISO time format. What are the motivating reasons

Re: gnupg clearsigning question

2006-12-27 Thread David Shaw
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 01:25:34PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > is it possible to construct a gnupg signature that is the same each > time > for the same file (and same signing key and hash ) ? > > would like to do something like this for use as a truecrypt keyfile: > > the truecrypt volume

Re: Issues w/Daylight Savings Time in 2007 ?

2006-12-27 Thread David Shaw
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 12:29:07PM -0600, Eric Robinson wrote: > Greetings, > Does anyone know of any known issues regarding GPG and the 'new' > Daylight Savings Time in 2007 ? GPG (like all OpenPGP programs) uses the common "seconds since 1/1/1970 UTC" method of storing time where daylight saving

Issues w/Daylight Savings Time in 2007 ?

2006-12-27 Thread Eric Robinson
Greetings, Does anyone know of any known issues regarding GPG and the 'new' Daylight Savings Time in 2007 ? Thanks, Eric - Eric Robinson Business Application Advisor FedEx Corporate Services Internet Engineering & EC Integration 901.263.5749 --

gnupg clearsigning question

2006-12-27 Thread vedaal
is it possible to construct a gnupg signature that is the same each time for the same file (and same signing key and hash ) ? would like to do something like this for use as a truecrypt keyfile: the truecrypt volume is on a usb drive, the outer volume would contain the gnupg keyrings, the rest o