Re: It's 2014. Are we there yet?

2014-04-19 Thread One Jsim
This is not clear to me. Certainly a key manager (example GPA) can have certificates that can be version 2. Other keys may or may not be version two but have been signed by the older version. As far as I understand the all thing can not be trusted (worse if you can not figure out the version of

I never going to understand all this...

2014-04-19 Thread One Jsim
from: http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/pgp-faq-keys.html#key-public-key-forgery at 2014-04-19T14:49+1 I retrieve "Yes, it is possible to create a public key with the same fingerprint as an existing one, thanks to a design misfeature in PGP 2.x when signing RSA keys. The fake key will not be of

Re: It's 2014. Are we there yet?

2014-04-19 Thread One Jsim
Any (easy) way to find out the version of a given key? 2014-04-19 15:46 GMT+01:00 Nicholas Cole : > On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 3:35 PM, One Jsim wrote: > > > > from: > > > > > > > http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/pgp-faq-keys.html#key-public-key-forge

Re: It's 2014. Are we there yet?

2014-04-19 Thread One Jsim
from: http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/pgp-faq-keys.html#key-public-key-forgery at 2014-04-19T14:49+1 I retrieve "Yes, it is possible to create a public key with the same fingerprint as an existing one, thanks to a design misfeature in PGP 2.x when signing RSA keys. The fake key will not be of

Re: It's 2014. Are we there yet?

2014-04-11 Thread One Jsim
> > PRELIMINARIES > > In the '90 (I am old!) I was a moderated evangelist of the universal use > of PGP (and later GPG) and public key infrastructure (web of trust) in > order to achieve acceptable universal privacy and trust in email > communication. > > At the time I have a good comprehension of

PGP/GPG does not work easily with web-mail.

2014-04-09 Thread One Jsim
PGP/GPG does not work easily with web-mail. Most email, today, is read and write using the browser POP ou IMAP mail is a rarity That is the problem Some text/link in this problem? José Simões ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://

Re: usin g GnuPG to encrypt before FTP

2011-03-23 Thread One Jsim
Sending a file encrypted over vanilla FTP does not protect the FTP password (if any). Worse if the FTP password is the account password. Jose Simoes 2011/3/22 Mike Acker : > Hi,="We are intending to use GNUPG to encrypt a file before we FTP it to an > external party. > > Is it possible to use GNU

B A = BA

2009-05-21 Thread One Jsim
I have been creating key-pars for me and helping other people. Since I am not a cryptographer I use always GPG defaults options and suggestions (line command) Alfter all this new stuff (creating sha-1 collisions, md-5 ? or so) should I change the procedures I used to use? Should I revoke (and he