Re: Encryption with no recipient

2010-08-31 Thread Paul Richard Ramer
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:49:48 -0400, Ted Rolle Jr. wrote: > I tried -ace and it aways asked for a userid. -c and -ac worked just > fine. Apparently when -e is specified that triggers the request for a > recipient. Hi Ted. "-c" or "--symmetric" encrypts with a symmetric key that is derived from a

Re: Generating smart-card stubs on a clean computer?

2010-08-31 Thread John Clizbe
Grant Olson wrote: > On 9/1/10 12:39 AM, David Shaw wrote: >> >> Do you have the public key corresponding to the card key on that box? You >> need the public key plus a run of --card-status to generate the stubs. > > That did the trick. As did John's suggestion to run fetch from 'gpg > --card-ed

Re: Generating smart-card stubs on a clean computer?

2010-08-31 Thread Grant Olson
On 9/1/10 12:39 AM, David Shaw wrote: > > Do you have the public key corresponding to the card key on that box? You > need the public key plus a run of --card-status to generate the stubs. > That did the trick. As did John's suggestion to run fetch from 'gpg --card-edit' I'm assuming 'fetch'

Re: Generating smart-card stubs on a clean computer?

2010-08-31 Thread David Shaw
On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:34 PM, Grant Olson wrote: > I can find docs on generating a key on a smart card, and migrating an > existing key to the smart card. But I can't figure out how to configure > the smart card on a clean machine that never had my secret keys. > > The card has both signing and e

Re: Generating smart-card stubs on a clean computer?

2010-08-31 Thread John Clizbe
Grant Olson wrote: > I can find docs on generating a key on a smart card, and migrating an > existing key to the smart card. But I can't figure out how to configure > the smart card on a clean machine that never had my secret keys. > > The card has both signing and encryption keys on it. The dri

Re: Generating smart-card stubs on a clean computer?

2010-08-31 Thread Grant Olson
On 8/31/10 10:56 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 8/31/2010 6:34 PM, Grant Olson wrote: > | I can find docs on generating a key on a smart card, and migrating an > | existing key to the smart card. But I can't figure out how to configure > | the smart card on a clean machine that never had my secret ke

Re: Generating smart-card stubs on a clean computer?

2010-08-31 Thread Doug Barton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 8/31/2010 6:34 PM, Grant Olson wrote: | I can find docs on generating a key on a smart card, and migrating an | existing key to the smart card. But I can't figure out how to configure | the smart card on a clean machine that never had my secret

Generating smart-card stubs on a clean computer?

2010-08-31 Thread Grant Olson
I can find docs on generating a key on a smart card, and migrating an existing key to the smart card. But I can't figure out how to configure the smart card on a clean machine that never had my secret keys. The card has both signing and encryption keys on it. The drivers are installed. I'm runn

Why do smart cards have a 'sex' option?

2010-08-31 Thread Grant Olson
I just got my new crypto-stick, and it's pretty slick. I understand why I'd want to set my name and language preferences, but I was trying to come up with a good scenario where my sex would be useful, or what the rational was for including that field. I'm just curious more than anything. -- Gra

Re: Offtopic: any German speakers who can help translate jokes to English

2010-08-31 Thread Scott Lambdin
Sie brauchen einen Computer nicht einzuschalten um festzustellen, ob Windows installiert ist. Sehen Sie einfach nach, ob die Aufschrift auf der Reset-Taste noch lesbar ist! If you want to see if a computer has Windows installed, simply see if the print on the reset button is worn off. On Tue, Aug

Offtopic: any German speakers who can help translate jokes to English

2010-08-31 Thread Ted Rolle Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It doesn't have to be perfect! I visit www.spitzenwitze.de and find good jokes there. I don't get some of them because I'm not that familiar with colloquial German. And some don't translate well, if at all. Ted -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: Encryption with no recipient

2010-08-31 Thread Ted Rolle Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I tried -ace and it aways asked for a userid. -c and -ac worked just fine. Apparently when -e is specified that triggers the request for a recipient. Thanks to all those who answered my request! Ted On 08/31/2010 07:36 AM, Peter Pentchev wrote: >

Re: Encryption with no recipient

2010-08-31 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 8/31/2010 5:43 AM, Ted Rolle Jr. wrote: > Is there an option to use symmetric ciphers to encrypt a file with no > recipient? --symmetric ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: how to change the default symmetric cipher

2010-08-31 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 8/31/2010 1:08 AM, Alex Smily wrote: > now my question is how to choose the symmetric encryption algorithm > among the available ciphers in GNUPG. First, think about whether you need to. Most people don't. GnuPG works just fine out of the box without any tweaking. That said, look at adding t

Re: Encryption with no recipient

2010-08-31 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 05:43:06AM -0400, Ted Rolle Jr. wrote: > Is there an option to use symmetric ciphers to encrypt a file with no > recipient? > --no-encrypt-to doesn't do this. > I want to encrypt a file with no recipient. Is "gpg -c filename" (or "gpg --symmetric filename") useful to you?

Re: Encryption with no recipient

2010-08-31 Thread Hauke Laging
Am Dienstag 31 August 2010 11:43:06 schrieb Ted Rolle Jr.: > Is there an option to use symmetric ciphers to encrypt a file with no > recipient? > --no-encrypt-to doesn't do this. > I want to encrypt a file with no recipient. gpg --symmetric file Hauke -- PGP: D44C 6A5B 71B0 427C CED3 025C BD7D

Encryption with no recipient

2010-08-31 Thread Ted Rolle Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is there an option to use symmetric ciphers to encrypt a file with no recipient? - --no-encrypt-to doesn't do this. I want to encrypt a file with no recipient. Ted -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG w

Re: how to change the default symmetric cipher

2010-08-31 Thread Gregor Zattler
Hi Alex, * Alex Smily [31. Aug. 2010]: > now my question is how to choose the symmetric encryption > algorithm among the available ciphers in GNUPG. > & is there any way of selecting / adding a new symmetric cipher > to GNUPG on which both sender and recipient are agreed. Different OpenPGP cli

how to change the default symmetric cipher

2010-08-31 Thread Alex Smily
Hi, i started working recently with gnupg, i did every thing instaling, generating keys, sending to keyservers, receiving keys from keyservers, sending and receiving encrypted & signed emails... now my question is how to choose the symmetric encryption algorithm among the available ciphers in GN