Bruce Cowin wrote:
> As I understand it, people only need my public key if they are going to
> encrypt a file for me. If I will only be sending them encrypted files, then
> I need their public key but they don't need mine. Is this correct?
>
> Thanks.
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> Regards,
>
> Bruce
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Not q
Dennis wrote:
>> Switching off the baby-face interface reduces hardware requirements a
lot.
>> That also helps with XP.
>What is the baby-face interface?
Also called "Aero" with Vista. Switch back to "classic" and the system
requirements drop significantly without reducing the functionality.
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Hi,
* Bruce Cowin wrote (2007-02-13 08:06):
>As I understand it, people only need my public key if they are going to
>encrypt a file for me. If I will only be sending them encrypted files, then I
>need their public key but they don't need mine. Is this correct?
Yup.
They will also need your
Werner Koch wrote:
>No, I don't have decent hardware to install Vista on it.
Switching off the baby-face interface reduces hardware requirements a lot.
That also helps with XP.
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As I understand it, people only need my public key if they are going to encrypt
a file for me. If I will only be sending them encrypted files, then I need
their public key but they don't need mine. Is this correct?
Thanks.
Regards,
Bruce
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Thanks for the reply (and keeping me from making a big mistake)...
So, for doing basic data encryption / transmission, what's the right way to
go? We just need to do public key encryption, send the data (via email or
postal), decrypt on a backend.
Thanks for all the help here... Obviously I'm t
Werner Koch wrote:
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> There is no support for PIN pads when using pcscd.
Is this a limitation of pcscd or of GnuPG?
It sounds like pcscd supports the pinpad as of 1.2.9. [1]
If it's a limitation of GnuPG, are there any plans to support it in future?
[1] http://lists.apple.com/archives/Apple-c
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I think I'm missing something, then... Does that mean the operations
> provided by libgcrypt are not secure to use by themselves?
It is with all tools. It needs to be used properly. A chainsaw is a
very powerful tool but not used properly y
Werner Koch wrote:
> I am pretty sure that this is a problem of the distribution. The most
> common problem is that pcscd has been started and thus gained
> exclusive access to the reader.
I'd agree, except that mine is now prompting, and accepting input from
the keyboard, for the PIN. That's a
Thanks for the reply...
I think I'm missing something, then... Does that mean the operations
provided by libgcrypt are not secure to use by themselves?
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On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> For what it's worth, the external pinpad did start to work for me on
> Ubuntu for awhile. But then I changed something and it stopped (it may
> have been enabling ssh support in the scdaemon -- I changed a few things
> and didn't keep track of
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I tried to setup an external smartcard reader with a pinpad and on gentoo I
> don't get it to work.
> On an ubuntu-installation the pin isn't enterd by the external pinpad but by
> the regualar keyboard and that works fine.
> On gentoo I'
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