Re: keys require a user-id

2020-05-20 Thread Mark
Did a bit more experimenting with it.  You can have something only in the first name field but it has to be a minimum of 5 characters and the first one must be a letter. ..  On 5/20/2020 3:16 PM, Mark wrote: > It must be... With all the talk of "anonymous" keys I wanted to see if I > could create

Re: keys require a user-id

2020-05-20 Thread Mark
It must be... With all the talk of "anonymous" keys I wanted to see if I could create one with Kleopatra, especially since it says optional for name. On 5/20/2020 12:27 AM, Andrew Gallagher wrote: >> On 20 May 2020, at 06:32, Mark wrote: >> >> Just to test this out I tried creating a new key in K

Re: "just invent something..."

2020-05-20 Thread LisToFacTor via Gnupg-users
On 5/20/20 6:52 PM, Andrew Gallagher wrote: On 20 May 2020, at 18:51, LisToFacTor via Gnupg-users wrote: Demanding a piece of information from someone who would prefer not to give it is equally user-hostile, especially so if he who demands it does so only because it is required by some inter

Re: Comparison of RSA vs elliptical keys

2020-05-20 Thread Ryan McGinnis via Gnupg-users
Interestingly enough, this breaks the Thunderbird/Protonmail integration, so your message just shows up as the raw PGP blob that Protonmail is pushing to the Protonmail client. It returns the error " Decryption error Decryption of this message's encrypted content failed. openpgp: unsupported

FW: gpg-agent connection errors

2020-05-20 Thread Kent A. Larsen
Werner, If that's the case, then why do we continue to intermittently get the following messages when issuing a command to sign+encrypt (or decrypt) a file? gpg: can't connect to the agent: IPC connect call failed gpg: keydb_search failed: No agent running gpg: skipped "0x8A811544": No agent run

Re: "just invent something..."

2020-05-20 Thread Andrew Gallagher
> On 20 May 2020, at 18:51, LisToFacTor via Gnupg-users > wrote: > > Demanding a piece of information from someone who would prefer not > to give it is equally user-hostile, especially so if he who demands > it does so only because it is required by some internal mechanics > of the system he co

Re: keys require a user-id

2020-05-20 Thread Stefan Claas
Stefan Claas wrote: > I ask, because don't you think that this could not have an impact on > the spread and usage of GnuPG in the EU for business purposes etc. With that I mean the acceptance of GnuPG Signatures, compared to costly eIDAS solutions. Best regards Stefan > ___

"just invent something..."

2020-05-20 Thread LisToFacTor via Gnupg-users
On 5/20/20 7:27 AM, Andrew Gallagher wrote: Such a limitation would be user-hostile, as there are people in some cultures who have only one name, the Indonesian dictator Suharto being one famous example. Demanding a piece of information from someone who would prefer not to give it is equally

Re: Comparison of RSA vs elliptical keys

2020-05-20 Thread MFPA via Gnupg-users
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Saturday 16 May 2020 at 9:49:55 PM, in , Stefan Claas wrote:- > out of curiosity, you signed the reply with two sub > keys, The RSA signature is for the benefit of recipients who can't handle ECC keys/signatures. Probably not needed anymor

Re: keys require a user-id

2020-05-20 Thread Stefan Claas
Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 2020 10:29, Robert J. Hansen said: > > > * PII-free UIDs are possible today > > Well, according to European law this is not that easy because a public > key is in most cases an attribute which identifies a natural person. Curious as I am, did

Re: Comparison of RSA vs elliptical keys

2020-05-20 Thread MFPA via Gnupg-users
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Monday 18 May 2020 at 7:33:47 AM, in , Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote:- > You are using --include-key-block; this is intended > to be used by MUAs > to send the encryption key along with a signature to > allow for immediate > encrypted r

Re: keys require a user-id

2020-05-20 Thread Werner Koch via Gnupg-users
On Tue, 19 May 2020 10:29, Robert J. Hansen said: > * PII-free UIDs are possible today Well, according to European law this is not that easy because a public key is in most cases an attribute which identifies a natural person. This is the same as with phone numbers and mail addresses. In Germany

Re: keys require a user-id

2020-05-20 Thread Andrew Gallagher
On 18/05/2020 07:14, Werner Koch via Gnupg-users wrote: > Go readup on the failures and impracticalities of CRLs and OCSP. While I agree that revocation is a Very Hard Problem, I'm not convinced that its abandonment is warranted. Letsencrypt have sidestepped the issue by issuing short-expiration c

Re: keys require a user-id

2020-05-20 Thread Andrew Gallagher
> On 20 May 2020, at 06:32, Mark wrote: > > Just to test this out I tried creating a new key in Kleopatra with no > name and then with just a single name and it would not let me do it. It > had to have a first and at least a last initial. This must be a Kleopatra limitation. I have successfull