Re: Symmetric encypher with private key decypher

2007-01-22 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Alphax wrote: > ... which is actually what GPG does with bog-standard public key > encryption! Or do you want something else? While I agree with you, I've always wondered: what is the appropriate ISO standard for bogs, and where can I find an ISO-certified supplier of them?

Re: Symmetric encypher with private key decypher

2007-01-22 Thread Alphax
Mikmorg wrote: > I am looking for a way to use symmetric encryption on a day-to-day basis, > using a key-file of some sort to decypher the file. I have decided that > using my asymmetric private key in the following way was the best for this, > using the following method: > I think I sort of get

Re: installed pinentry not found by gpg-agent/gpg2

2007-01-22 Thread snowcrash+gnupg-users
hi, > Does pinentry-qt work at all? Try to start pinentry-qt from the command > line, and if it starts type the following lines on the prompt: > > SETDESC This is a test > GETPIN here's what i see, % pinentry-qt OK Your orders please SETDESC This is a test GETPIN OK

Re: Symmetric encypher with private key decypher

2007-01-22 Thread David Shaw
On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 12:57:26PM -0800, Mikmorg wrote: > > I am looking for a way to use symmetric encryption on a day-to-day basis, > using a key-file of some sort to decypher the file. I have decided that > using my asymmetric private key in the following way was the best for this, > using the

Re: installed pinentry not found by gpg-agent/gpg2

2007-01-22 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 snowcrash+gnupg-users wrote: > hi, > > does it really need to be in /usr/bin? > > as above, i've installed it purposefully in > > % ls -al `which pinentry-qt` > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2245584 2007-01-21 11:29 /usr/local/bin/pinentry-qt > > and, t

Symmetric encypher with private key decypher

2007-01-22 Thread Mikmorg
I am looking for a way to use symmetric encryption on a day-to-day basis, using a key-file of some sort to decypher the file. I have decided that using my asymmetric private key in the following way was the best for this, using the following method: dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1024 count=1 | gpg -c --p

Re: installed pinentry not found by gpg-agent/gpg2

2007-01-22 Thread snowcrash+gnupg-users
hi, does it really need to be in /usr/bin? as above, i've installed it purposefully in % ls -al `which pinentry-qt` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2245584 2007-01-21 11:29 /usr/local/bin/pinentry-qt and, the symlink to it already exists, % ls -al `which pinentry` lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 2007-01-