Re: Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something?

2014-11-26 Thread Robin Mathew Rajan
Hi gnupgpack, :) You can delete these values from your current gpg.conf. s2k-digest-algo SHA256 s2k-cipher-algo AES256 cert-digest-algo SHA256 digest-algo SHA256 Reason 1: Those values are used when options like 'personal-cipher-preferences', 'personal-digest-preferences' and 'personal-compres

Re: digest-algo SHA256, SHA-1 attacks

2014-11-26 Thread NdK
Il 26/11/2014 20:39, Peter Lebbing ha scritto: > On 26/11/14 20:31, NdK wrote: >> Well, IIUC with rhash you're giving the attacker another mean to tamper >> with your message. Unless 'r' is chosen deterministically. > 'r' is randomly generated for each signature by the /signing/ party. So the > att

Re: Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something?

2014-11-26 Thread Robin Mathew Rajan
Hi gnupgpack, :) You can delete these values from your current gpg.conf. s2k-digest-algo SHA256 s2k-cipher-algo AES256 cert-digest-algo SHA256 digest-algo SHA256 Reason 1: Those values are used when options like 'personal-cipher-preferences', 'personal-digest-preferences' and 'personal-compres

Re: digest-algo SHA256, SHA-1 attacks

2014-11-26 Thread Gabriel Niebler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Peter, I just wanted to say thank you very much for the explanation. It was very enlightening. I especially like the fact that, despite nobody asking specifically about SHA-1, you still decided to take the time to write a lengthy message explainin

Re: Update

2014-11-26 Thread da...@gbenet.com
On 26/11/14 19:52, Tristan Santore wrote: > On 26/11/14 19:37, da...@gbenet.com wrote: >> Hi Al, >> >> As so many have been aware, I tried LUbuntu amd64 LXDE with Thunderbird and >> Enigmail - which >> singularly failed to sign or even encrypt. I made add that Kleopatra Kgpg >> GPA also failed to

Re: Update

2014-11-26 Thread Jason Antony
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2014-11-27 07:56, Tristan Santore wrote: > Fedora is not dodgy! We only support Fedora for 2 releases + 1 > month! Stop using unsupported distributions then. Quite an ignorant > statement to make. And that is the last I am writing. More proof th

can you list just the v3 keys on a GnuPG keyring?

2014-11-26 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi Is there a GnuPG command/option combination that will produce a list of just the v3 keys on a GnuPG keyring, or would I have to manipulate the output from something like gpg --with-colons --fingerprint? - -- Best regards MFPA

Re: Update

2014-11-26 Thread Tristan Santore
On 26/11/14 20:53, da...@gbenet.com wrote: > On 26/11/14 19:52, Tristan Santore wrote: >> On 26/11/14 19:37, da...@gbenet.com wrote: >>> Hi Al, >>> >>> As so many have been aware, I tried LUbuntu amd64 LXDE with Thunderbird and >>> Enigmail - which >>> singularly failed to sign or even encrypt. I

Re: Update

2014-11-26 Thread Tristan Santore
On 26/11/14 19:37, da...@gbenet.com wrote: > Hi Al, > > As so many have been aware, I tried LUbuntu amd64 LXDE with Thunderbird and > Enigmail - which > singularly failed to sign or even encrypt. I made add that Kleopatra Kgpg GPA > also failed to > work. > > As some of you are stuck with the min

Re: digest-algo SHA256, SHA-1 attacks

2014-11-26 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 26/11/14 20:31, NdK wrote: > Well, IIUC with rhash you're giving the attacker another mean to tamper > with your message. Unless 'r' is chosen deterministically. 'r' is randomly generated for each signature by the /signing/ party. So the attacker loses control over the input to the hashing algo

Update

2014-11-26 Thread da...@gbenet.com
Hi Al, As so many have been aware, I tried LUbuntu amd64 LXDE with Thunderbird and Enigmail - which singularly failed to sign or even encrypt. I made add that Kleopatra Kgpg GPA also failed to work. As some of you are stuck with the mind-set that the earth is flat eg "Oh it works for me there

Re: digest-algo SHA256, SHA-1 attacks

2014-11-26 Thread NdK
Il 26/11/2014 20:15, Peter Lebbing ha scritto: > Has something like randomized hashing[2] been considered by the OpenPGP > standardization people? Well, IIUC with rhash you're giving the attacker another mean to tamper with your message. Unless 'r' is chosen deterministically. But then it can be p

Re: Pros and cons of PGP/MIME for outgoing e-mail?

2014-11-26 Thread Peter Lebbing
> My proposal doesn't have this problem. I want the manifest to summarize the > entire content of the message, including sha256 (or whatever is considered > good) fingerprints of each part. 1) What does a checksum add beyond the OpenPGP Modification Detection Code (MDC)? 2) Why doesn't an attack

digest-algo SHA256, SHA-1 attacks (was: Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something?))

2014-11-26 Thread Peter Lebbing
(By the way, how did the topic - gpg.conf: settings for security and compatibility ever get confused with the topic - Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something? because this definitely is the former but is called the latter. Also, @g, as you apparently call yourself, you seem to start a ne

Re: Security patches and gpg 1/2 development

2014-11-26 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 11/26/2014 10:59 AM, Anish Athalye wrote: > What is the right place to send patches for and discuss security issues in > gpg? The gpg-devel mailing list? Or directly to some particular person? patches should go to gnupg-de...@gnupg.org, or to a bug report if you file one here: https://bugs.g

Security patches and gpg 1/2 development

2014-11-26 Thread Anish Athalye
Hi, What is the right place to send patches for and discuss security issues in gpg? The gpg-devel mailing list? Or directly to some particular person? Also, are there two different repositories for gpg 1/2 development? How exactly is that organized? Thanks, Anish __

Re: Pros and cons of PGP/MIME for outgoing e-mail?

2014-11-26 Thread NdK
Il 26/11/2014 15:30, Bjarni Runar Einarsson ha scritto: > And if we further factor in viruses and phishing and > exploits and spam, then widely deployed PGP/MIME might make the real > world less secure, not more. :-P Maybe including a mandatory proof-of-work that includes addressee identity might

Re: Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something?

2014-11-26 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 11/26/2014 02:19 AM, gnupgp...@on.yourweb.de wrote: > Older versions of Debian (< sarge) don't support SHA512, AFAIK. If anyone is running debian sarge (or even lenny, which came after sarge), they have other problems. Those versions of the debian operating system have not been maintained for

Re: Re: Pros and cons of PGP/MIME for outgoing e-mail?

2014-11-26 Thread Bjarni Runar Einarsson
Hello! I just couldn't resist the chance to play devil's advocate some more... ;-) (Werner: Sorry about the duplicate, I fat-fingered the reply-all) Werner Koch wrote: > > It would be far, far more useful to have a signature for each part so > > instead of a binary pass/fail, you get a more g

Re: Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something?

2014-11-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:14, gnupgp...@on.yourweb.de said: > I am working with GnuPG-Pack, which includes extended gpg-1.4.18. Sorry, I don't known GnuPG-Pack. > s2k-count 100 Better use GnuPG-2 which uses a values suitable for the machines on which you generated the key or change the passphr

Re: Beta for 2.1.1 available

2014-11-26 Thread Hugo Hinterberger
Hi, On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:24:28 +0100, Werner Koch wrote: Bug reports please to the gnupg-users. While executing a gpgsm --list-keys i noticed the following: fingerprint: 9C:E2:38:44:6A:8E:gpgsm: conversion from 'utf-8' to 'CP850' failed: Illegal byte sequence 4A:63:18:93:7C:41:62:7B:

Security Devroom @ FOSDEM'15

2014-11-26 Thread Werner Koch
Hi, I have been asked to forward the CFP below. In case we want to do a GnuPG BoF we should ask whether it is possible to share that devroom. Shalom-Salam, Werner CFP: Security Devroom @ FOSDEM'15 AKA "Hardware and Software isolation mechanisms" Next FOSDEM [1] will, again, have a se

RE: Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something?

2014-11-26 Thread gnupgpack
Hello, > No. The 2.0 cards from ZeitControl all support 4096 (if you feel a need > for this). The problem was that old GnupG versions limited them to 3k. I am working with GnuPG-Pack, which includes extended gpg-1.4.18. This versions supports smartcard keys with 4096bit? >> So, what are the mo

Re: Setpref is not working or is it a bug or something?

2014-11-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:19, gnupgp...@on.yourweb.de said: > Many Smartcards are limited to key size <= 3072 bit, AFAIK. No. The 2.0 cards from ZeitControl all support 4096 (if you feel a need for this). The problem was that old GnupG versions limited them to 3k. > So, what are the most useful c

Re: Pros and cons of PGP/MIME for outgoing e-mail?

2014-11-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:48, b...@pagekite.net said: > 1. Mail clients have user interfaces that are at least somewhat > optimized for conversations, like the one we are having now. Moving the > text part into a container (rfc2822 or otherwise) breaks that flow for > everyone. Right. However, we,

Re: Pros and cons of PGP/MIME for outgoing e-mail?

2014-11-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:03, je...@seibercom.net said: > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:12:48 +0100, Werner Koch stated: > >> To be fair, that changed with Outlook 2010. We merely had not the >> resources to change GpgOL to make use of the new Outlook structure. > > Interesting; has there been any movement