batch decryption key identification

2011-10-31 Thread John A. Wallace
Hello. On this website (http://www.gnupg.org/faq/GnuPG-FAQ.html#how-can-i-get-list-of-key-ids-used- to-encrypt-a-message) I found this FAQ and answer: Question: How can I get list of key IDs used to encrypt a message? $ gpg --batch --decrypt --list-only --status-fd 1 2>/dev/null | \ awk '/^\[

Re: How to get the list of all keys to which the file has been encrypded

2011-10-31 Thread Hauke Laging
Am Dienstag, 1. November 2011, 00:04:19 schrieb Veet Vivarto: > Someone may encrypt the message to me and to 10 other recipients, I would > like to know who they are. > > Is there a command line option for displaying all recipients to whom > the message was encrypted. --list-packets In case the

How to get the list of all keys to which the file has been encrypded

2011-10-31 Thread Veet Vivarto
Someone may encrypt the message to me and to 10 other recipients, I would like to know who they are. Is there a command line option for displaying all recipients to whom the message was encrypted. Thank you in advance for your help. Vivarto ___ Gnupg-use

Re: digitally signing contracts

2011-10-31 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:40, melvincarva...@gmail.com said: > http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/ Let me quote Peter Gutmann's take on this: This writeup was motivated by the following exchange on a mailing list: >>I have some questions related to XML-Dsig: > >Argghh!! Run away!

Re: ignore-cache-for-signing has no effect on gpg-agent

2011-10-31 Thread Jimmy C. Chau
Thanks for the explanation, Werner. -Jimmy On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:51, cha...@gmail.com said: > > Despite setting ignore-cache-for-signing on gpg-agent, the > > key/passphrase appears to be cached when I use gpg to sign files. > > Gpg does no

Re: digitally signing contracts

2011-10-31 Thread Hauke Laging
Am Sonntag, 30. Oktober 2011, 05:21:56 schrieb Eric Abrahamsen: > Is there a general sense that this is viable (at least as viable as > scanning and emailing contracts that have been signed with a pen)? I think there are two points: 1) What exactly does a digital signature mean? 2) Can you prov

Re: digitally signing contracts

2011-10-31 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 30 October 2011 05:21, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > I own a small business that works with contractors all over the world, > and I'm currently scratching my head over the issue of signing > contracts. I know that gpg can/has been used to this purpose, but I > wanted to ask the list's advice. There

Re: digitally signing contracts

2011-10-31 Thread Mark H. Wood
I have no experience in this matter, but it's an interesting problem, so here are my thoughts, whatever they are worth: When contracting on paper, the signature is a personal characteristic of the signer, so samples can be compared by an expert witness. Unless there's some sort of biometric compon

Re: MS Exchange server corrupting PGP-MIME emails

2011-10-31 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 31/10/11 11:36, Werner Koch wrote: > Rfc822 addresses are merely properties of the MAPI message and used if the > message needs to be send via SMTP; this is done by a transport provider which > constructs a proper MIME message out of the MAPI message. Now it all makes sense. Thanks for this ins

Re: MS Exchange server corrupting PGP-MIME emails

2011-10-31 Thread Phil Brooke
Hi, On Mon, 31 Oct 2011, Werner Koch wrote: Obviously there are some kludges in the system to allow sending of signed messages by taking great care not to modify the content. A remark on these kludges: an S/MIME email from a colleague elsewhere using Outlook and their Exchange server was stil

Re: MS Exchange server corrupting PGP-MIME emails

2011-10-31 Thread Phil Brooke
Hi, On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:07:53 +0100 (BST) Phil Brooke articulated: Nothing relating to encrypted data, but I've seen an MS Exchange system rewrite signed emails (both PGP/MIME and S/MIME) with the obvious effect of causing failed verifications. Could you p

Re: MS Exchange server corrupting PGP-MIME emails

2011-10-31 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:47, pe...@digitalbrains.com said: > So I guess I should rephrase my comment as a request: when this behaviour is > fixed, please fix it for mangling in general and not just this specific > PGP/MIME > and S/MIME case :). You need to know that Exchange is not an RFC822 appli

Re: ignore-cache-for-signing has no effect on gpg-agent

2011-10-31 Thread Werner Koch
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:51, cha...@gmail.com said: > Despite setting ignore-cache-for-signing on gpg-agent, the > key/passphrase appears to be cached when I use gpg to sign files. Gpg does not use gpg-agent for private key operations; it only uses gpg-agent for passphrase caching. It would be pos

Re: MS Exchange server corrupting PGP-MIME emails

2011-10-31 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 30/10/11 22:03, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Assuming that standards-based arguments carry any weight at all, you'll > have a stronger argument if you *do* limit your scope to the > multipart/signed mime parts: Would a lawyer perhaps say it as this? I would like to see no mangling at all. If