Re: timestamp notation @gnupg.org

2011-06-17 Thread Jerome Baum
> Consider these two formats:- > > (A)      Signature made 06/17/11 23:21:17 > > (B)      Signature made 06/17/11 > > A signature that contained only the information for (B) would reveal > less about the signer's behaviour than a signature containing the > information for (A). > > Whether that's po

Re: Problem with faked-system-time option

2011-06-17 Thread Jerome Baum
>>> if you cheat your employer out of their money, > > > The scenario stated that a fluctuating work volume resulted in periods > when there was no work to do. Using that time for your own purposes > does not look to me like cheating your employer. In that case you have nothing to fear from your t

Re: Problem with faked-system-time option

2011-06-17 Thread Jerome Baum
>> ..., or runs timestamping >> in batches, etc. (snip) > Excuse the pedantry but how do we get "between 10:00 and 11:00" > reliably from a clock that regularly drifts up to 10 minutes? -- Jerome Baum tel +49-1578-8434336 email jer...@jeromebaum.com web www.jeromebaum.com -- PGP: A0E4 B2D4 94E6

Re: timestamp notation @gnupg.org

2011-06-17 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Friday 17 June 2011 at 11:21:12 PM, in , Hauke Laging wrote: > To me that is quite clear not a problem of the FORMAT > of the timestamp. Consider these two formats:- (A) Signature made 06/17/11 23:21:17 (B) Signature made 06/1

Re: timestamp notation @gnupg.org

2011-06-17 Thread Hauke Laging
Am Freitag, 17. Juni 2011, 23:23:34 schrieb MFPA: > Hi > > > On Thursday 16 June 2011 at 3:27:12 PM, in > , Hauke Laging > > wrote: > > If anyone is not happy with the OpenPGP timestamp > > format (which I haven't noticed yet) > > Then I refer you to two postings from Amano Corunga > Message-id

Re: timestamp notation @gnupg.org

2011-06-17 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 16 June 2011 at 3:27:12 PM, in , Hauke Laging wrote: > If anyone is not happy with the OpenPGP timestamp > format (which I haven't noticed yet) Then I refer you to two postings from Amano Corunga Message-id <20110608153652.4f1508c

Re: what does a timestamp signature mean? [was: Re: Problem with faked-system-time option]

2011-06-17 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 16 June 2011 at 7:53:34 PM, in , Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > ??? When i make a signature with a timestamp in it, i > am very much making (and intending to make) the > assertion that the signature was made at that time. I > see

Re: Problem with faked-system-time option

2011-06-17 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 16 June 2011 at 2:08:52 AM, in , Jerome Baum wrote: >> if you cheat your employer out of their money, The scenario stated that a fluctuating work volume resulted in periods when there was no work to do. Using that time for your o

Re: what does a timestamp signature mean? [was: Re: Problem with faked-system-time option]

2011-06-17 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 16 June 2011 at 6:37:02 PM, in , Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Timestamps *are* meaningful -- they are an assertion by > the person making the signature of what time they made > the signature. In some cases the person making the si

Re: Problem with faked-system-time option

2011-06-17 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 16 June 2011 at 6:32:34 AM, in , Jerome Baum wrote: > As for the error/resolution notation, someone else > (can't recall who and the gmail thread is unbearable) > mentioned that this would be relevant, and with the > same breath th

Re: Key generation on card fails with key sizes larger than 1024 bits

2011-06-17 Thread Sevan / Venture37
On 17 June 2011 16:12, Sevan / Venture37 wrote: > On 19 May 2011 08:59, Werner Koch wrote: >>> However, I have just managed to pick up a Gemalto pcmcia card reader >>> (lenovo part # 41N3004) so I can give that a try instead, as soon as >> >> Please let me know - I have one here but never tested

Re: Key generation on card fails with key sizes larger than 1024 bits

2011-06-17 Thread Sevan / Venture37
On 19 May 2011 08:59, Werner Koch wrote: >> However, I have just managed to pick up a Gemalto pcmcia card reader >> (lenovo part # 41N3004) so I can give that a try instead, as soon as > > Please let me know - I have one here but never tested it. Hi Werner, I installed Debian i386 6.0.1 on my Thi