GPG, OpenPGP card, ACS ACR30U card reader

2006-07-30 Thread Tony Whitmore
Further to my mails earlier this month, I've been trying to get GPG working with my card reader and PC/SC. pcscd recognises my card reader and the card that is inserted into it. GnuPG returns the expected output from the --card-status command. I have been able to set the language on the card, foll

Re: Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-25 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 02:29:23AM -0400, Atom Smasher wrote: > no matter what anyone tells you is or isn't adequate, you have to decide > for yourself. this may help you figure it out - > http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/121645/49/ Thanks Atom, that article was linked to from the threa

Re: Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread Tony Whitmore
David Shaw wrote: > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 09:50:22PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote: >> First: Is a photo driving licence considered adequate identification? >> I'm in the UK so we have UK / EU photo driving licences. I have >> previously only used passports as ID, but s

Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread Tony Whitmore
I'm still working on getting my card reader to work, but in the meantime, I have a couple of questions regarding key-signing ettiquette following a session at LUG Radio Live last weekend. I hope the questions are not OT, I've checked the HOWTOs & FAQs, but there's some ambiguity in them. First: Is

Re: Card readers supported by GPG's internal drivers

2006-07-13 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 05:15:34AM -0500, Jonathan Rockway wrote: >> Two possible options: >> First, if you're using CCID, does your user have proper write permission >> to the /dev/usb node? (Maybe try sudo gpg --card-status?) Yes, I've been manually changing the permissions on the device nodes

Re: Card readers supported by GPG's internal drivers

2006-07-12 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:02:12PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 10:03:20PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote: > > > I'm running Ubuntu Dapper. Am I right in thinking the entries in > > /proc/bus/usb/XXX/XXX should be modified to match the rules (i.e. gr

Re: Card readers supported by GPG's internal drivers

2006-07-12 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:05:58AM +0200, Werner Koch wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:16, Tony Whitmore said: > > > Is there a compatibility list of drivers supported by GPG's internal > > card reader driver, other than the relevant part of the HOWTO? Do > > No th

Re: Card readers supported by GPG's internal drivers

2006-07-11 Thread Tony Whitmore
Matthias Kirschner wrote: > * Tony Whitmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-11 19:16:02 +0100]: > >> $ gpg --card-status >> gpg: pcsc_establish_context failed: no service (0x8010001d) >> gpg: card reader not available >> gpg: OpenPGP card not available: genera

Card readers supported by GPG's internal drivers

2006-07-11 Thread Tony Whitmore
HOWTO, not the file: http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/howtos/card-howto/en/smartcard-howto-single.html#id2501406 Thanks in advance for any help, Tony Whitmore [1] http://www.acs.com.hk/Product_Readers.asp?productID=53&PCate=Products_PC_Linked_SmartCard_Readers signature.asc Description: OpenPG