Re: Question about GnuPG Smartcard

2008-05-03 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Hello, You can check out gnupg-pkcs11-scd [1], it does allow more keys (1024/2048) for gpgsm and 2048 key for gpg. Alon. [1] http://gnupg-pkcs11.sourceforge.net On 5/4/08, Su Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am currently working on GnuPG Smartcard, and I am wondering whether

Re: IDEA

2008-01-29 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 1/29/08, Alon Bar-Lev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also consider helping an idea patenter by linking to his web site a > > bad idea. That company has several times tried to force me to advertise > > that the gnupg docs should mention that idea can be bought from t

Re: IDEA

2008-01-29 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ect. Whoever want to use IDEA should be exposed to this information. However... I cannot access this URL anymore. Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: IDEA

2008-01-25 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 1/25/08, Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > For gnupg-2: > > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-crypt/gnupg/files/gnupg-2.0.4-idea.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup > > It seems that Gentoo is violating the GPL (section 7) b

Re: IDEA

2008-01-23 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
You can use Gentoo patches... For libgcrypt: http://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/libgcrypt-1.4.0-idea.diff.bz2 For gnupg-2: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-crypt/gnupg/files/gnupg-2.0.4-idea.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup Alon. On 1/23/08, McDougall, Marshall (STEM) <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Where can I buy OpenPGP smartcards?

2008-01-07 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
in GnuPG > source? > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2008 11:24 PM, Alon Bar-Lev < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 1/2/08, Matt Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm looking at a possible deployment of OpenPGP smartcards at my company > a

Re: Where can I buy OpenPGP smartcards?

2008-01-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
se: http://gnupg-pkcs11.sourceforge.net/ Using PKCS#11 will enable you to use the same card for other applications as well. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: [Announce] GnuPG release candidate 1.4.8

2007-11-21 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 11/19/07, Alon Bar-Lev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-crypt/gnupg/files/gnupg-1.4.3-selftest.patch?rev=1.1 > > > > - echo "../g10/gpg --no-options --no-greeting \ > > + echo "../g10/gpg --

Re: [Announce] GnuPG release candidate 1.4.8

2007-11-19 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
#x27;s:PIC:__PIC__:' mpi/i386/mpih-{add,sub}1.S intl/relocatable.c > > sed -i -e 's:if PIC:ifdef __PIC__:' mpi/sparc32v8/mpih-mul{1,2}.S > > Please send a more detailed bug report. As far as I tested, gcc defines __PIC__ when you use -fPIC not PIC. Does

Re: [Announce] GnuPG release candidate 1.4.8

2007-11-16 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
u can see some other issues we had with previous release, maybe some are not needed. http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-crypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.7-r1.ebuild?rev=1.10 Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. On 11/16/07, Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just uploaded

Re: OpenPGP card on Javacard

2007-08-01 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
#11 provider that communicate with your generic applet. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Pin fails with svn & ssh & gnupg-agent & smartcard.

2007-07-13 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 7/13/07, Guillaume Yziquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm... maybe if you switch to one all your problems will be gone :) > > Selecting the right card to use is a key factor in peace of mine. > > > > Alon. > > And to what extent is your solution free software and free hardware? There is no

Re: Pin fails with svn & ssh & gnupg-agent & smartcard.

2007-07-13 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 7/12/07, Guillaume Yziquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No. > > http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-June/031409.html > > Guillaume. > Hmm... maybe if you switch to one all your problems will be gone :) Selecting the right card to use is a key factor in peace of mine. Alon. _

Re: Pin fails with svn & ssh & gnupg-agent & smartcard.

2007-07-12 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 7/12/07, Guillaume Yziquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, no. In fact, I'm still having a problem... If you have PKCS#11 enabled token, you can use: http://gnupg-pkcs11.sourceforge.net/ Alon. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org ht

Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.0.5 released

2007-07-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 7/6/07, Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (pinentry 0.7.3, released today). It not stable enough for production Any more surprises? BTW: You ignored all patches from: https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue798 Alon. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.0.5 released

2007-07-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ves the issue: sed -i 's#\.\./common/libcommon#libcommon#g' common/Makefile.in Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Broken pipe? [was: Problems svn+ssh+gpg(-agent)+smartcard]

2007-06-28 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 6/28/07, Guillaume Yziquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When failing to decrypt and failing to access the SCR 335 smartcard > reader, I get the logged output decribed below this message. > > It seems I have a broken pipe issue: > > > 2007-06-28 15:32:31 scdaemon[4291] DBG: ccid-driver: usb_claim

Re: Several questions about SmartCards

2007-05-28 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
You can review the optional PKCS#11 support. http://gnupg-pkcs11.sourceforge.net/ On 5/28/07, Jim Berland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I tried to research most of my questions concerning the use of > smartcards, but I have a few things that I want to make sure. > > > _About smart

Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.0.4 released

2007-05-10 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 5/10/07, Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, that is a much clearer report. However, I am not able to > replicate it. I am using the gtk2 pinentry for a year or so now. I cannot replicate it too... It seem like a race condition... Alon. ___

Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.0.4 released

2007-05-10 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
es regarding gpgme? https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue772 http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2007-February/023676.html Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.0.4 released

2007-05-10 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 5/10/07, Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 May 2007 06:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > What about some issues regarding the environment: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165493 > > I don't understand what this is about. If there is a generic problem > with pinentry

Re: external pinpad, gnupg, SPR532 PinPad SmartCard Reader

2007-02-11 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ith MUSCLE mailing list in order to make pcscd work... Sorry I cannot help you further... Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: external pinpad, gnupg, SPR532 PinPad SmartCard Reader

2007-02-11 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ink that this is the reason for my problem. A year ago it already > worked with the exception that there was not popup asking me to enter the pin > by the cardreader. So you will be able to reach at least the same state... :) > As I mentioned the ubuntu-distribution behaves different. B

Re: external pinpad, gnupg, SPR532 PinPad SmartCard Reader

2007-02-11 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
. If yes, you can use the gnupg-pkcs11-scd. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: smartcard and ssh

2007-02-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
r smartcard with many application at the same time without stopping any interface or making the card locked by one of them. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: [HELP NEEDED] GnuPG-1.4 IDEA migration to GnuPG-2.0

2007-01-28 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
k too... :) Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

[HELP NEEDED] GnuPG-1.4 IDEA migration to GnuPG-2.0

2007-01-21 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
appreciated. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Smart Card Use with GnuPG

2006-11-29 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
works only with gpgsm, so it won't solve the problem. I've tried to make it work with gpg, but I had no success... It seems that it looks for specific card type? I didn't invest a lot of time in this, and we did not want to patch gpg code. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. _

Re: Finally: Login via SSH authentication with OpenPGP smart card & 100% Free Software PCMCIA reader

2006-02-17 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Werner Koch wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:32:12 +0200, Alon Bar-Lev said: > >> I know you have a licensing problem... I've been in touch > > No I don't have a licensing problem. What I am saying is that > pcksc#11 is not needed in the Free Software wor

Re: Finally: Login via SSH authentication with OpenPGP smart card & 100% Free Software PCMCIA reader

2006-02-13 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Hello Werner, Werner Koch wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:04:24 +0200, Alon Bar-Lev said: > >> Are you aware of the PKCS#11 for OpenSSH solution >> (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=113977188917865&w=2)? > > Well, I know. However you kno

Re: Finally: Login via SSH authentication with OpenPGP smart card & 100% Free Software PCMCIA reader

2006-02-13 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ens, the OpenSSH patch support the use of any PKCS#11 provider with OpenSSH. I just hope that someday OpenPGP card will also have PKCS#11 provider, so it can be used by other applications, and the other way around... gpg will use PKCS#11 providers in order to

Re: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-07 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Zeljko Vrba wrote: Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > But the work needs to be moved into gpg-agent... :( You were referring to my PKCS#11 patch.. After studying the GPG architecture a bit, I think this needs to be moved into the scdaemon. gpg-agent actually does nothing with smart-cards - it u

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-07 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ystems. So you say that it is illeagal to run GPL software on windows or on AIX... It also make no sense... Since it is... Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-07 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
he whole corresponding. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
an API. I think you reach the same state no matter how you look on it. I am still waiting for FSF response, does anyone knows someone there how can help in resolving this issue? Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnu

Re: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ccurs that satisfied an exception. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
u guys...) do not program low-level code in order to access devices. There is PKCS#11 which is high-level SOFTWARE API that is cross-platform, cross-device, and easy to use. This is the only specification to which I can write software and make sure that the user will be free to choose his hardware

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
each specific card... Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
urce community's programmers should work so hard in order to implement their software... I think this is your interpretation... I've written FSF and I hope they will address this issue. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
tware. ]]] Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-06 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
nt... >> I can show you that it GPLed program loads these drivers... > Yes, show me, I'm curious. Examples: opensc from www.opensc.org - LGPL uses PKCS#11 pkcs11_login from www.opensc.org - LGPL uses PKCS#11 openCryptoki from http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencryptoki - GPL uses PKCS#

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
For example, Mozilla Firefox will not work with some of the smartcards out there... And I have no claims to Mozilla, they have done a great job! Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
here is also the freedom of the user to choose his peripheral devices, including smartcards. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Peter Pentchev wrote: > Hate to jump into this discussion, but isn't this *exactly* why Werner always keeps mentioning *shared* libraries? :) Why hate? Can you please elaborate? I don' t understand what you mean... Best Regards,

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Zeljko Vrba wrote: > Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >> >> I agree... So if we all understand the need of PKCS#11 in order to >> access cryptographic tokens, what I don't understand is how come >> people choose to develop low-level applications in order to work with spe

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
PKCS #11, CryptoAPI, or a per-hardware-device custom API. I know which one I'd want... I agree... So if we all understand the need of PKCS#11 in order to access cryptographic tokens, what I don't understand is how come people choose to develop low-level applicati

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ble, they don't buy commercial product. The problem is that the open source community does not always understand which standard to support, and many, like gpg, inventing their own... Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
d I am very happy... Athena support Linux well... And even share the same cards between Windows CSP/PKCS#11 and Linux PKCS#11!!! Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
x27;ve tried to introduce this argument to Werner... But without any success... I was out of new arguments when I gave up... I think that an open source project that does not support software interaction standards will be replaced by a different solution when the time comes. Best Regards, Alon Bar-

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
I would have help merging it if I knew that there is a chance to merge it into to gpg source. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
applications can use gpg keys... This was really strange. The whole idea is to separate between application logic (gpg) and device access (Smartcards, HSM)... Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

RE: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-05 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ning curve yourself. Nice! The conclusion of my discussion with people here is that the need of using PKCS#11 for accessing various smartcards is not clear. I've tried to highlight the advantages of using standard software API to access external devices, but I've failed

Re: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-03 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
harsh during this discussion, it hurts to see people inventing standards of their own thus limiting the usage of their own great software. I want to thank you for this discussion. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users

Re: PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
just wanted to understand why people are developing their own standards. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Werner Koch wrote: On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:45:53 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev said: environment...) It provides a generic API to access cryptographic tokens. Most smartcard vendors, including IBM, provide PKCS#11 library that communicates with their card. Again: Feel free to provide one. The only

Re: PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
you invent the wheel! And here we are... I don't meant to write another agent. Write a pkcs#11 driver which uses gpg-agent as its token. This is the WRONG WRONG WRONG approach!!! Well, my opinion is different. When I understood that I've promised not to bother you again...

Re: PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
roprietary card format... This should be done regardless of our small debate regarding S/MIME and PGP. I hope you read more regarding PKCS#11 www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/pkcs/pkcs-11/index.html and understand its role in cryptographic application and that gpg can benefit from it

Re: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ld be written in order to make your software work with your hardware. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
his is THE MAJOR feature of gpg-agent... Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Benjamin Donnachie wrote: Alon Bar-Lev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just a thought... why do you use gpg? Mainly because of my paranoia, and partly because I've used PGP since it was a DOS based program! :) which feature you require? Signing / encrypting messages.

Re: OpenPGP Card

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Benjamin Donnachie wrote: Alon Bar-Lev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think that gpg should support PKCS#11 interface for smartcards, so that it can be used with all smartcards that support this standard. I've had a quick look at the PKCS#11 and I think that you may have a

Re: PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-09-02 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
another agent. Write a pkcs#11 driver which uses gpg-agent as its token. This is the WRONG WRONG WRONG approach!!! Sorry, I won't bother you any more, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: OpenPGG Card

2005-09-01 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
t" subject for future information at gnupg-users. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. Joe Smith wrote: There is no need to post a message to the list three times. Is it possible to obtain further details on the OpenPGP card? I have such a card and a working smartcard reader but, ideally, I'

RE: PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-08-31 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
se it in all smartcard enable applications... PKCS#11 provides this ability, and is free to use, and most commonly Implemented. Yes, I know that I can write my own agent... But I still think it will be a mistake. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___ Gnupg-user

Re: PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-08-20 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
ented... I suggest it would have been implemented using PKCS#11 :-) So that you can use software token to store the keys, PKCS#11-ssh bridge, Smartcard access, etc... Can you please reconsider the PKCS#11 support, without a new agent branch? Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. ___

PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent

2005-08-16 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
nting PKCS#11 support for gpg-agent, and helping in the implementation process... I think it is very important to have such support for any software that deals with cryptographic and secrets. gnupg falls into this category... Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev ___