Re: how to recover secret key passphrase?

2019-08-20 Thread Markus Reichelt
* ilf wrote: > Over the years, I have used quite a number of keypairs. Unfortunately, I > have forgotten the passphrase for some of them. But I do know potential > parts of the passphrase. This is ancient, but may help you https://www.vanheusden.com/nasty/ -- left blank, right bald _

Re: Arch Linux impacted by new defaults in 2.2.17

2019-07-13 Thread Markus Reichelt
It's all about where they look for new/updated keys. There's folks out there who use a WKD setup, as you mentioned, then there's some who use a standalone (isolated, non-peering) SKS keyserver, etc. I do not think reverting the patch that causes issues for them is a smart move in the long run. [.

Re: Adding notations with quick commands

2019-06-09 Thread Markus Reichelt
* Wiktor Kwapisiewicz via Gnupg-users wrote: > in a similar fashion to what --quick-* commands already do for other actions > (e.g. --quick-add-uid). --set-notation maybe? HTH -- left blank, right bald ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnup

Re: Generating revocation certificate

2019-04-06 Thread Markus Reichelt
* André Ockers wrote: > Op 06-04-19 om 15:04 schreef Markus Reichelt: > > gpg -a --output an...@ockers.eu.asc.revoke --gen-revoke 7CD3FBC8F6005ED5 > > This leads to the following: > > gpg: secret key "7CD3FBC8F6005ED5" not found: eof i'm using on slackware

Re: Generating revocation certificate

2019-04-06 Thread Markus Reichelt
* André Ockers wrote: > But when I tried to do the some thing in Bash I ran into the following: > > $ gpg -a --output an...@ockers.eu.asc.revoke --gen-revoke an...@ockers.eu > > sec  4096R/F5FE3668 2014-07-31 André Ockers > > Which is the fingerprint of the old key. > > What happened and wha

Re: The praise of GnuPG @31C3

2014-12-31 Thread Markus Reichelt
* Nicolai Josuttis wrote: > For those who didn't have time to see it yet, > there was an important talk at 31C3 > about the social and technical status and consequences of > encryption by Jacob Applebaum and Laura Poitras. > As a side effect it covers GnuPG significantly. > > So, please watch it

Re: gpg for anonymous users - Alternative to the web of trust?

2013-03-26 Thread Markus Reichelt
* adrelanos wrote: > How can I establish a pseudonym that no one can easily fake while > remaining anonymous? a) you can't define 'easily' - these days nobody reads/checks anything anymore (there's some XKCD about this issue) b) you can try: Meet with a high-profile person (of your realm/domain

Re: How to verify X.509 signatures?

2013-03-24 Thread Markus Reichelt
* adrelanos wrote: > TrueCrypt.org says [1] they are signing "TrueCrypt Setup 7.1a.exe" > [2] with a X.509 signature. How can I verify such a signature? For Windows, they explicitly state how to do that. > (On Debian Wheezy.) I tried: > gpg2 --verify "TrueCrypt Setup 7.1a.exe" > > gpg: no va

Keysigning Event Aachen

2011-11-28 Thread markus reichelt
Aloha, Oecher Keysigning Party III Do 15.12.2011, 18:30 Uhr s.t. Aachen, Elisenbrunnen (linker Flügel) http://mareichelt.com/okp3/ pgpblGwdhal7M.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/

Linuxtag 2010 Berlin, June 09-12

2010-06-02 Thread markus reichelt
Hi folks, just a quick heads-up for those planning to visit Berlin within the 2nd week of June: Linuxtag 2010, June 09-12, http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/ Mini Debian Conference 2010, June 10-11, http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Miniconf-LT-Berlin/2010 25th Chemspec Europe, June 09-10, http://www.che

Re: Encryption to key with multiple subkeys

2010-05-11 Thread markus reichelt
* Alex Mauer wrote: > > Nope. More to the point, think about people having both private UID > > and business UID on the same key - the way you describe it could mix > > things up badly. > > How so? There's no connection between UIDs and keys Exactly, and you are not getting my point. --

Re: Encryption to key with multiple subkeys

2010-05-11 Thread markus reichelt
* Joke de Buhr wrote: > I'm not quiet sure but shouldn't gnupg encrypt to both (all > not-revoked) encryption keys in this case? This way the user could > decrypt the encrypted message (email) regardless what encryption > keys secrets are available at the current location. Nope. More to the poin

Re: Split keys

2010-04-27 Thread markus reichelt
* Faramir wrote: > markus reichelt escribió: > > * Mohan Radhakrishnan wrote: > > > >> What is the experience of this forum with split keys and storage > >> ? > > > > Great success. > > By the way, I suppose the idea behind spli

Re: Split keys

2010-04-27 Thread markus reichelt
* Mohan Radhakrishnan wrote: > What is the experience of this forum with split keys and storage ? Great success. -- left blank, right bald pgp8JRUD4AfZK.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.

Re: Elliptic curves in gnupg status?

2010-04-23 Thread markus reichelt
* Alexander Murauer wrote: > is there any plan to get ecc in mainstream gnupg? most stuff i > found about gnupg and ecc is outdated. does somebody know something > about this? search the archives of the devel mailinglist. ecdsa. don't expect any real info, tho. > i own a OpenPGP Smartcard v2.

FYI: Keysigning events at FOSDEM (Feb 7th) and Chemnitz Linux-Days (March 13th)

2010-01-30 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, for those interested in keysigning there are two upcoming events: PGP/GPG/CA Keysigning events on Sunday Feb 7th at FOSDEM in Brussels http://fosdem.org/2010/keysigning Deadline for key submission: Monday, Feb 1st 2010 (hurry up!) PGP/GPG Keysigning event on Saturday March 13th at Chemnitz L

Re: GnuPG private key resilience against off-line brute-force attacks (was: Re: Backup of private key)

2009-11-28 Thread markus reichelt
* "Ciprian Dorin, Craciun" wrote: > Thank you for the quick reply. (This is the kind of answer I was > hopping to get. :) ) It seems that `s2k-count` escaped me. :) > > Maybe there should be an entry in the FAQ about this topic. Well, other projects make good use of that option, f.e. lo

Re: How to check the trust level

2009-11-21 Thread markus reichelt
* David Shaw wrote: > If you mean the signature verification level, then it is visible in > the --list-sigs output - 3 for "positive" verification, 2 for > "casual" verification, and 1 for "persona" (aka didn't check) > verification. If none of these numbers appear, it's a "generic" > verificati

Re: gpg: key generation failed: Card error

2009-11-21 Thread markus reichelt
* markus reichelt wrote: > gpg: key generation failed: Card error > Key generation failed: Card error > > That's on a stock Slackware 13 system, gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.12, > libgcrypt 1.4.4 with OMNIKEY CardMan 4040 v1.1.0gm5. Okay, after much cursing omnikey I finally was success

gpg: key generation failed: Card error

2009-11-18 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, I cannot create keys on my shiny new v2 smartcard. Personalizing the card works just fine, as does changing PINs. But when I want to generate new keys I always get this error message (after gpg asked about how long the key shall be valid): gpg: key generation failed: Card error

Re: Problem with the agent, gpg2

2009-11-17 Thread markus reichelt
* Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > I need GNU PG 2 because i want to get out of the 1024 bits limit > and SHA forced for DSA, i want my next key (2010-2012) to be more > secure and accept some SHA2. You don't need gpg2 for that. -- left blank, right bald pgpdWVrO5XZaK.pgp Description: PGP sign

Re: new AES 256 vulnerability

2009-07-30 Thread markus reichelt
* "Robert J. Hansen" wrote: > >(am not overly worried, still use IDEA when encrypting for diehard > >pgp2.x e-mailers, and that has 5 of 8 rounds broken ;-) )) > > 6. 7 - raise? fold? -- left blank, right bald pgpFiYo0Yf06I.pgp Description: PGP signature

FYI: Keysigning Party at FrOSCon 2009 in Sankt Augustin (August 22nd)

2009-07-30 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, for those interested, there's going to be a keysigning party at FrOSCon 2009 in Sankt Augustin on August 22nd, 12:30h: http://ksp.froscon.org/ Deadline for key submission is Thursday, August 20th 2009. More info about the conference is online at http://www.froscon.org/ -- left blank, righ

Re: New Revocation Certificate...

2009-06-29 Thread markus reichelt
* Jean-David Beyer wrote: > Too bad I would lose all the signatures on it, but since it would > be no good, there would be no sense in transferring the signatures > to my new key, even if that were possible (and I hope it is not). For obvious reasons it isn't possible indeed. -- left blank, ri

Re: SHA3 implementation considerations

2009-06-10 Thread markus reichelt
* Kevin Hilton wrote: > Maybe this question is much too premature It is, in my book. -- left blank, right bald pgpfrBedlIQUG.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/g

FYI: Keysigning at Linuxtag 2009 in Berlin (June 26th)

2009-06-09 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, for those interested, there's going to be again a keysigning party at Linuxtag 2009 in Berlin (June 26th): http://wiki.linuxtag.org/w/Keysigning_2009 Deadline for key submission is Sunday, June 21st, 23:59 (Sorry for the late announcement, last year's keysigning was announced 6 weeks befo

Re: FYI: Keysigning events at FOSDEM (Feb 8th) and Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (March 14th)

2009-02-17 Thread markus reichelt
* markus reichelt wrote: > PGP/GPG Keysigning event on Saturday March 14th 18:00h at Chemnitz > Linux Days in ... Chemnitz. > > Deadline for key submission: *Monday March 9th* This is just a friendly (and last) reminder that you can still participate, just honour the deadline. M

Re: What do if forgot password?

2009-02-06 Thread markus reichelt
* don rhummy wrote: > What does GPG have to recover my data if i forgot my password? Your last chance is a tool like nasty, check it before you do anything stupid in a rush @ http://www.vanheusden.com/nasty/ -- left blank, right bald pgpVu3j3MHs5j.pgp Description: PGP signature _

Re: What do if forgot password?

2009-02-06 Thread markus reichelt
* Sven Radde wrote: > > Then they would need brute force against key AND password or they > > know about weaknesses in algorithms which nobody else knows. > > Let me clarify this a bit: > > Whoever wants to break your key needs to do "only" one of the following: > 1) Retrieve your public key

Re: FYI: Keysigning events at FOSDEM (Feb 8th) and Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (March 14th)

2009-01-25 Thread markus reichelt
* markus reichelt wrote: > PGP/GPG/CA Keysigning events on Sunday Feb 8th at FOSDEM in > Brussels The exact time is yet to be announced, more info (in > English) at http://fosdem.org/2009/keysigning > > Deadline for key submission: Thursday Jan 29th, 8:00 PM CEST This is just

Re: Dan Brown - Digital Fortress book

2009-01-15 Thread markus reichelt
* "Robert J. Hansen" wrote: > When Freon catches fire it decomposes into phosgene, a nerve gas, > which makes it kind of hard to fight the fire. In the book, a fire > ravages the datacenter and yet somehow people in it aren't dead > from phosgene exposure. Phosgene is not a nerve gas, it is "ju

FYI: Keysigning events at FOSDEM (Feb 8th) and Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (March 14th)

2009-01-08 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, for those interested in keysigning there are two upcoming events: PGP/GPG/CA Keysigning events on Sunday Feb 8th at FOSDEM in Brussels The exact time is yet to be announced, more info (in English) at http://fosdem.org/2009/keysigning Deadline for key submission: Thursday Jan 29th, 8:00 PM CE

Re: Making GnuPG ISO/IEC 19790 compliant

2008-11-07 Thread markus reichelt
* Hideki Saito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did look for one, but no... you could give it your best shot :) -- left blank, right bald pgpwNozmNvuP2.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnup

Re: Revocation Certificates

2008-10-04 Thread markus reichelt
* Faramir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Begin of "spoiler blank lines" > [...] > End of "spoiler blank lines" niiice, I bet he didn't catch that one! -- left blank, right bald pgptXuX9KPvBR.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: Securely delete files...

2008-08-21 Thread markus reichelt
* Chris Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would sooner use 30 M hydrochloric acid than sulfuric acid 30M? I guess not. Industrial grade conc. hydrochloric acid is about 12M max -- left blank, right bald pgpSvlVNH7WX4.pgp Description: PGP signature __

FYI: Keysigning at FROSCON 2008 in Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (August 23rd)

2008-08-14 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, for those interested, there's going to be again a keysigning party at FROSCON 2008 in Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (August 23rd): http://ksp.froscon.org/ -- left blank, right bald pgpvVe1LZ4gS3.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gn

Re: problem with forgotten passphrase, no revocation certificate available.

2008-06-05 Thread markus reichelt
* Faramir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >So, here is the question: Can that public key cause problems, > > if I associate another key with the same email account? > I have good news (good for me at least): I checked the gpg > installed in my USB flash memory, and I found the private key (or

FYI: Keysigning at Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin (May 30th)

2008-04-16 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, for those interested, there's going to be again a keysigning party at Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin (May 30th): http://wiki.linuxtag.net/w/Keysigning_2008 -- left blank, right bald pgprFLK2anXpA.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing

Re: Lost passphrase

2007-04-22 Thread markus reichelt
* Thomas Sowa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - i definitely can't find the passphrase Have a look at http://vanheusden.com/nasty/ HTH -- left blank, right bald pgpvNLbhhsNSQ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnup

Key signing at FOSDEM

2007-02-19 Thread markus reichelt
Hi, this is just a reminder that there's a key signing party at FOSDEM this year again. I am a bit late to post this note (due to carneval season), submissions are already closed by now, but it's possible to exchange key fingerprints according to the usual scheme (with me ;-) FOSDEM takes place i

Re: C/C++ program to protect file

2007-01-20 Thread markus reichelt
* Rizwan Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need a C/C++ program that should be able to enable password on > any readable text file, and when user try to open that file it > should first ask for password and then will open that file. I will > appreciate, if some one can give me this kind of progr

Re: OpenPGP smartcard restore

2006-06-13 Thread markus reichelt
* markus reichelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Essentially you're saying: no backup of a private key generated > on/via a smartcard cannot be exported. Because if it could be > exported, importing the key(s) in question just works. Sorry, that was heat-induced and shall read

Re: OpenPGP smartcard restore

2006-06-13 Thread markus reichelt
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you want to have the same private key on several physical cards, > your only option is off-card generation, with import of the key > afterwards. I'm not a smartcard user (somehow the concept hasn't been able to convince me ... yet), but what you write really sounds

Re: GnuPG asks for confirmation...

2006-06-02 Thread markus reichelt
* Laurent Jumet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Many mail clients will assume that any GPG message is encrypted and > > prompt for a passphrase prior to invoking GPG. > > Are you sure? > Security wouldn't be compromised if passphrase is given to anything else > then gpg? F.e. mutt itself

Re: zlib inflate problem

2006-05-26 Thread markus reichelt
* Paul Surgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: gpg bigfile.pgp > gpg: fatal: zlib inflate problem: invalid block type > secmem usage: 1920/3872 bytes Have you tried redirection? gpg < bigfile.pgp > bigfile Using redirection is the correct way of handling large files regarding b

Re: Lost passphrase

2006-05-22 Thread markus reichelt
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know of a perl script or some other utility that could > bruteforce the rest of it? I'd rather not have to revoke this key. Have a look at http://www.vanheusden.com/nasty/ -- left blank, right bald pgp0zxmmzKivj.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: feature request // option during decryption of 'hidden recipient' encryptions

2006-05-15 Thread markus reichelt
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > just thought it would be much quicker and more convenient if the > same were possible from the command line ... I agree. -- left blank, right bald pgpmx3dkiLv1V.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: Upgrading from 1.2.1 to 1.4.4

2006-05-10 Thread markus reichelt
* Johan Wevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Shaw wrote: > > >There should be no special steps to take. Aside from the obvious > >steps of making a backup and testing that your environment still > >does what you want it to do, you can just install 1.4.3 on top of > >1.2.1. > > The OP doesn

Re: Upgrading from 1.2.1 to 1.4.4

2006-05-10 Thread markus reichelt
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We are beginning the process to upgrade our gnuPG installation from > 1.2.1 to 1.4.4. I have looked on the website, but have not found > directions on how to do this upgrade. Can someone please provide > me that information, or a link to the site containing that > in

Typo found in gpg 1.4.3

2006-05-07 Thread markus reichelt
po/de.po:msgstr "%d marignal-needed, %d complete-needed, %s Trust-Modell\n" I guess it should be "marginal-needed" -- left blank, right bald pgp4VMW60jAhI.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.

Re: Key signing at the LinuxTag

2006-04-28 Thread markus reichelt
* Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is just a short note, that I will attend the LinuxTag and be > available for key signing. will you attend the key signing party too? -- left blank, right bald pgpWSS3IbSfnK.pgp Description: PGP signature _

Re: Why are my signatures being labelled as bad?

2006-04-27 Thread markus reichelt
* "John W. Moore III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, Post your Revoke Cert to Groups/List so that others may > Import quickly! first time that i stumble upon this kind of advice; it depends, i'd say. if the majority of that list is in fact using digital signatures and/or only encrypted messag

Re: New CA in Austria / Linuxtage Wiesbaden

2006-04-14 Thread markus reichelt
* Thomas Widhalm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are looking for cross- signatures with other CAs, too. So please > contact us, if you want to change signatures. Sorry for hijacking, but I guess the easiest way of obtaining those soon is to attend the upcoming Linuxtage in Wiesbaden, Germany, sin

Re: ECC

2005-11-09 Thread markus reichelt
* Johan Wevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > markus reichelt wrote: > > >> What makes you think the NSA doesn't want to decrypt US government > >> traffic? > > > I don't care what the NSA wants. > > I meant to say that, as others also poin

Re: ECC

2005-11-08 Thread markus reichelt
* Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:32:07 +0100, markus reichelt said: > > > I put the speculations aside and stick with the fact that the NSA > > recommends ECC for government use. That's enough for _me_. > > There is a rationale

Re: ECC

2005-11-08 Thread markus reichelt
* Johan Wevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > markus reichelt wrote: > > >I put the speculations aside and stick with the fact that the NSA > >recommends ECC for government use. That's enough for _me_. > > What makes you think the NSA doesn't want to de

Re: ECC

2005-11-05 Thread markus reichelt
* Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I put the speculations aside and stick with the fact that the NSA > > recommends ECC for government use. That's enough for _me_. > > > I guess it depends on how your paranoia works, and about whom you > choose to be paranoid. Does the NSA recomme

Re: ECC

2005-11-04 Thread markus reichelt
* Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > markus reichelt wrote (in part): > > > Mainly, because I think that the guys with the small ... glasses > > ;-) at NSA can break public key crypto quite easily, > > Could you give a basis for this assertion? Well..

Re: ECC

2005-11-04 Thread markus reichelt
* "John W. Moore III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps he believes TRANSLTR actually exists. Perhaps he does not even know what TRANSLTR is, exactly. But he does know about A. -- left blank, right bald pgp6Oio1k78rp.pgp Description: PGP signature __

Re: ECC

2005-11-04 Thread markus reichelt
* Christoph Anton Mitterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >* Christoph Anton Mitterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>do you know of an application that uses this lib? > >>> > >>No I don't but that shouldn't be a reason to forget about it,... > >> > >Now why is that? I didn't imply anythi

Re: Feature request: expand 'clean' to 'clean total'

2005-11-04 Thread markus reichelt
* Dirk Traulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, fortunately in 1.4.3, there will be a 'clean', which does exactly > what 'clean total' should have done. Great news, I'm looking forward to it. -- left blank, right bald pgpmUqWFaKtPm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: ECC

2005-10-31 Thread markus reichelt
* Christoph Anton Mitterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>What about using that uhm,.. libecc > >>(http://libecc.sourceforge.net/)? > >> > >do you know of an application that uses this lib? > No I don't but that shouldn't be a reason to forget about it,... Now why is that? I didn't imply anyth

Re: ECC

2005-10-31 Thread markus reichelt
* Christoph Anton Mitterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >No, we will however add some ECC support into Libgcrypt as time > >permits. > > > What about using that uhm,.. libecc > (http://libecc.sourceforge.net/)? do you know of an application that uses this lib? it seems to be on hold. mailinglist

Re: Feature request: expand 'clean' to 'clean total'

2005-10-30 Thread markus reichelt
* Dirk Traulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I obviously think this to be a good thing to have, but I'm a little > discouraged by the nearly total lack of interest of the list. I > would really appreciate a discussion of the proposed feature and > change of the man-page. Please write if you think

Re: Delete key from keyserver

2005-10-22 Thread markus reichelt
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 07:31:54PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > > > > That is exactly my point, NOBODY should rely on ANY of that information to > > identify a key. The only identifier for a key is the fingerprint. You MUST > > verify the fingerprint with the perso

Re: Disk Partition

2005-10-07 Thread markus reichelt
* Thomas Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The use of prng generated data to seed another prng function is > utilized to compute data that is inherently random from the > previous generation. That is not my point, tho this might be the case. :) If this generated data is used once, it's ok. If n

Re: Disk Partition

2005-10-07 Thread markus reichelt
* Thomas Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >on a sidenote, using /dev/urandom is a bad idea. f.e. the standard > >slackware install and other distros as well have the following code > >(or something similar) in /etc/rc.d/rc.S: > > > The above statement, although worthwhile, is not well founded.

Re: Disk Partition

2005-10-07 Thread markus reichelt
* Thomas Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John W. Moore III wrote: > >Running Knoppix from the CD I encrypted the Linux partition and > >it's virtually invisible. (unless one knows my HD size) > What do you mean by this statement? Are you referring to the > /randomization of the partition by use