Re: Protecting IDs at a key signing party

2010-12-08 Thread James P. Howard, II
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 15:20, Hank Ivy wrote: > What should I take?  How should I organize, and protect the IDs? Take two. A driver's license and a passport would be best, though one probably authenticated you for the other. To protect them, put them in your wallet or pocket. James __

Re: Gnupg good for big groups?

2010-08-05 Thread James P. Howard, II
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 8/5/10 1:46 PM, Snaky Love wrote: > About GSWoT - does this cover my described use-case? I don´t quite get > it from a first glance on the website... Actually, no, not at all. - -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CAPM CGFM -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: Gnupg good for big groups?

2010-08-04 Thread James P. Howard, II
ared among all members. I wonder if the key management issue would be simpler if there were a master key, group members were an ADK, and GnuPGP supported ADK. James - -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CGFM -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMWg8oAAoJEHPMAEw+5CSeBJQH/3

Re: User ID without email address

2010-07-23 Thread James P. Howard, II
On 7/23/10 11:51 AM, war_is_pe...@privatdemail.net wrote: > Does that make sense? Are there known problems if a (primary) user ID > doesn't contain any email address? Nope! Check out 0xE6602099 for my key with a primary uid of "James Patrick Howard, II". James -- Jam

Re: Problem with smartcards and scdaemon

2010-07-16 Thread James P. Howard, II
On 7/16/10 12:50 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: > Do you definitely have to replug it, or is killing scdaemon sufficient? Both are necessary. -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CGFM ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.

Problem with smartcards and scdaemon

2010-07-16 Thread James P. Howard, II
it back in. I am using a Mac with 10.6.x and have done this with MacGPG 2.0.12 and 2.0.14. James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CGFM signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists

Re: Crypto Stick released!

2010-06-03 Thread James P. Howard, II
1024 with the three of them taking up 3072 total. I noted that, too, but I currently have three 2048 bit keys on my card. James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CGFM signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: Crypto Stick released!

2010-06-03 Thread James P. Howard, II
low signatures with hashes other than SHA1 or RIPEMD160. James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CGFM signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gn

Re: Crypto Stick released!

2010-05-25 Thread James P. Howard, II
On 5/25/10 10:07 AM, Hauke Laging wrote: > What is the gpg version you use? IIRC You need 2.0.13 or 2.0.14 for 2048 bit > keys on a smartcard. That did the trick! I was on 2.0.12 and moved to 2.0.14. -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CGFM j...@jameshow

Re: Crypto Stick released!

2010-05-25 Thread James P. Howard, II
e card I take it I am missing something obvious in this? James - -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS CGFM j...@jameshoward.us -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJL+87BAAoJEHPMAEw+5CSeGCQH/3cv2suaLFZTptKkALg2XZa6 FRCpJ4um4QsO+xwwdNBQ314XYSWBjmVkvrwHIAYHkzBDwdbbRpH+yrZz41S6T98/ EIRfY4K5zI

Re: [gnupg-users] same key pair for more than one e-mail address

2009-12-18 Thread James P. Howard, II
/bit.ly/4eTg6z James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA MBCS j...@jameshoward.us pgp529PvAKpnX.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Possible bug: addkey can create certifying subkey

2009-09-02 Thread James P. Howard, II
flags list at all if you reset all key flags. This makes a lot of sense, now. Thank you for the clarification. James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA j...@jameshoward.us signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list G

Re: Possible bug: addkey can create certifying subkey

2009-09-01 Thread James P. Howard, II
as the actual effect of turning them all on instead... Well, that was kind of my point, but was also confused by the certifying subkey and may have undually dwelt on it. James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA j...@jameshoward.us signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Possible bug: addkey can create certifying subkey

2009-08-31 Thread James P. Howard, II
, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224 Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2 howar...@thermopylae:~$ -- James P. Howard, II, MPA j...@jameshoward.us signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: Encryption keys in the OpenPGP spec

2009-07-27 Thread James P. Howard, II
on the issue and realize that accepted opinion may > change. I noticed this, too. But since I also do not claim any special wisdom on the issue, I was hoping someone would. Since we all seem to agree that communication and storage is difficult to distinguish, can someone suggest why different

Encryption keys in the OpenPGP spec

2009-07-26 Thread James P. Howard, II
tion key types? Thank you, James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA j...@jameshoward.us signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Question about authentication subkeys and SSH

2009-07-22 Thread James P. Howard, II
On Wed Jul 22 2009 16:12:34 GMT-0400 (EDT) , Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 07/22/2009 03:59 PM, James P. Howard, II wrote: >> I have created a 2048-bit RSA subkey that is authentication only. >> I'd like to use this with SSH. A bit of Googling suggests this >> cann

Question about authentication subkeys and SSH

2009-07-22 Thread James P. Howard, II
I have created a 2048-bit RSA subkey that is authentication only. I'd like to use this with SSH. A bit of Googling suggests this cannot be used directly unless it is on a smart card, but it isn't clear. Have I correctly interpreted this? Thank you, James -- James P. Howard,

Re: How to verify lot of .sig files in lot of subdirectories with script

2009-07-19 Thread James P. Howard, II
be verified and as a result, you can see the signature following the name. More complex variants on this may be possible. James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA j...@jameshoward.us signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-use

Re: Smartphone platforms andd gnupg

2009-06-12 Thread James P. Howard, II
wouldn't that make more sense on a phone? > > In fact, we have a free ZRTP implementaion for quite some time: > libzrtpcpp. A quick check shows that it is used by Twinkle but any > SIP software based on ccrtp can make use of this extension. > > > Shalom-Salam, &

Re: backup all keys of DSA+ELG pair?

2009-06-05 Thread James P. Howard, II
On Fri Jun 5 10:52:48 2009, David Shaw wrote: > --allow-secret-key-import is a no-op. It is no longer used for anything. Really? I could not import last week without it. howar...@thermopylae:~$ gpg --version gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.0.11 ... James -- James P. Howard, II,

Re: backup all keys of DSA+ELG pair?

2009-06-05 Thread James P. Howard, II
> for each of 3 previous commands failed me... Also the same, if I used key > IDs. How to do it? When you perform the import, you must use "--allow-secret-key-import" but unless you intended not to use the master signing key, you should not use --export-secret-subkeys. Ja

Re: There are actually two public keys?

2009-05-19 Thread James P. Howard, II
lsewhere[1], is it bad to convert a subkey into a >> primary key and use it to sign others? > > To do this, you have to have the key in primary key form in the (local) > web of trust. If you don't, then the signatures won't be used. Well, I did succeed in doing it last n

Re: There are actually two public keys?

2009-05-18 Thread James P. Howard, II
ning key. This leads indirectly to another question: Why can't I sign someone else's key with a subkey? And on a divergent note, using the black magic described elsewhere[1], is it bad to convert a subkey into a primary key and use it to sign others? James 1. http://atom.smasher.or

Re: There are actually two public keys?

2009-05-16 Thread James P. Howard, II
the private part of the encryption keypair is used to decrypt > documents; the public part is used to encrypt them. Can anyone explain why there is a difference between signing and encrypting keypairs, even for the same type (RSA)? James -- James P. Howard, II, MPA j...@jameshoward.us

Re: questions: no input file, and pascal programming

2009-05-03 Thread James P. Howard, II
t; Take a look at the ASCII table (man ascii :). There is ^D (EOT - end of >> transmission) for this. This is used by all systems I'm aware of but >> window$. Don't know why they use something diffrent, maybe just to be >> diffrent and break the standard. >> >> > > > ___

Re: Subkeys...

2009-04-28 Thread James P. Howard, II
On Tue Apr 28 21:48:52 2009, Allen Schultz wrote: > I made a key with default settings. Can I delte the encrypting > subkey that has not expiration date and remake one with an > expiration date? You may be better off revoking the subkey and adding a new encryption subkey. James --

Re: Safety of the key and it's length

2009-01-26 Thread James P. Howard, II
other means instead. It's best not to obsess over key size. Larger is not better, but it's not as if it hurts you, either. There are some ancient keys out there which are 512 bits (and I think I've seen smaller). Are these likely still secure enough to use? -- James

Re: [admin] What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2008-07-17 Thread James P. Howard, II
t SCO. hkp://keyserver.gingerbear.net or > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Q:"Just how do the residents of Haiku, Hawai'i hold conversations?" > A:"An odd melody / island voices on the winds / surplus of vowels" > > -- James P. Howard, II [EMAIL P

Re: Timestamping Service: Existing Services or Software Project?

2008-04-25 Thread James P. Howard, II
Aha! My provider fixed a doohickey somewhere (it was an error in a mail forwarding configuration file) and it now works. James On 4/23/08, James P. Howard, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is embarrassing. I've contacted my provider to find out why mail > is bounci

Re: Timestamping Service: Existing Services or Software Project?

2008-04-23 Thread James P. Howard, II
that. Try this instead: > > > > http://jameshoward.us/robot-digital-signature-authority > > > > James > > > > -- > > James P. Howard, II > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://jameshoward.us > > > [...] > > Sent a signed test message u

Re: Timestamping Service: Existing Services or Software Project?

2008-04-23 Thread James P. Howard, II
Yep, sorry about that. Try this instead: http://jameshoward.us/robot-digital-signature-authority James -- James P. Howard, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameshoward.us -Original Message- From: Sven Radde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:58:09 To:[EMAIL PRO

Re: Timestamping Service: Existing Services or Software Project?

2008-04-23 Thread James P. Howard, II
gt; before time X? > > Thanks for any hints, Joh > > > ___ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > -- James P. Howard, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameshoward.us

Re: editing User ID

2008-04-22 Thread James P. Howard, II
here could be a lot of public keyrings out there with the incorrect > ID and it won't get revoked by simply deleting it from the original > key. > > Sorry if I misunderstood the point... > > ___ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg

Re: editing User ID

2008-04-17 Thread James P. Howard, II
previously encrypted files. James -- James P. Howard, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameshoward.us pgpI5NNeO9Oih.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Question about Smart Cards and GPG

2008-03-19 Thread James P. Howard, II
? Thank you, James 1. http://gnupg.org/howtos/card-howto/en/smartcard-howto-single.html -- James P. Howard, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameshoward.us pgpsI34I98Ria.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http