While I'm on it, I'd like to add here that GPG doesn't really use passwords
like one may think.
GPG uses public key cryptography - it doesn't use passwords to protect your
files; it uses passwords to protect the keys that decrypt or sign the files.
Beneath the covers, GPG actually generates an ep
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA512
When encrypting or signing or decrypting with a specific key, if you have a set
of keys (say, a master key and 3 encryption subkeys etc), GPG may try to try
each key until it finds a match.
However, you can do something like:
gpg -u !
to tell GPG t
Hey folks, I'm trying to figure out if
a) the gpg option --limit-card-insert-tries is currently functioning (I'm
assuming it is)
b) setting --limit-card-insert-tries=1 does what I expect
My current setup is that I have my passwords stored using the pass tool from
passwordstore.org. Each
