Re: Ignoring expiration dates

2008-01-02 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Actually, this is a very old discussion. I've come to accept that > it's okay to choose the maximum, but I still don't buy that's the only > choice. 8-) Okay. We have have hard expiration dates on the todo list but nothing you will see any t

Re: Ignoring expiration dates

2008-01-02 Thread Florian Weimer
* Werner Koch: > On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> Oh well, this is a bit counterintuitive because the expiration time is >> a hard fact in X.509, and rather fuzzy in OpenPG. > > I don't agree that it is fuzzy in OpenPGP; it is well defined. For v3 keys, it is, but not for v

Re: Ignoring expiration dates

2008-01-02 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Oh well, this is a bit counterintuitive because the expiration time is > a hard fact in X.509, and rather fuzzy in OpenPG. I don't agree that it is fuzzy in OpenPGP; it is well defined. The fact that you may change the expiration time does not

Re: Ignoring expiration dates

2008-01-02 Thread Florian Weimer
* Werner Koch: > On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> Is it possible to ignore the key expiration date during encryption? > > Not with gpg. With gpgsm you may try --debug-ignore-expiration. Oh well, this is a bit counterintuitive because the expiration time is a hard fact in X

Re: Ignoring expiration dates

2008-01-02 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Is it possible to ignore the key expiration date during encryption? Not with gpg. With gpgsm you may try --debug-ignore-expiration. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Auschnahme regelt ein Bundeschgesetz. __

Ignoring expiration dates

2008-01-02 Thread Florian Weimer
Is it possible to ignore the key expiration date during encryption? Unfortunately, people tend to set expiration dates without thinking about the consequences. It's not always possible to get a new self-signature in a reasonable time frame. -- Florian Weimer<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> B