Re: Newbie question.

* Johan Wevers: > Do you have examples of this for security related subjects? I try not to rely on Wikipedia, in particular when searching for sensitive subjects. Besides, if that was unclear, I mentioned Wikipedia as a general example of the good concept of a Wiki colliding with humanity, not fo

Re: Newbie question.

On 28-07-2020 14:42, Ralph Seichter via Gnupg-users wrote: > confused with facts. The amount of BS that can be found on Wikipedia is > case in point. Do you have examples of this for security related subjects? I know there are issues with politically sensitive subjects but that has usually other

Re: Newbie question.

* Ayoub Misherghi via Gnupg-users: > How about collective and cooperative effort in a wiki, or cloud > funding pledges or donations? Those who contribute (money or effort) > get privilege of some kind. >From what I observed over the years, a majority of Wikis only really work within closely knit

Re: Newbie question.

Sorry for seeming to be "spreading unjustified accusations". What I said was meant to encourage that sort of "benign tyranny", I was not complaining; or at least that was not my intention. Thank you for explaining how the list works. Ayoub On 7/27/2020 2:08 AM, Werner Koch wrote: On Su

Re: Newbie question.

On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:59, Ayoub Misherghi said: > The moderators on this list (I do not know who they are) have been > tyrannical excluding some of my posts; I am not bitter or resentful. I This mailing list is not moderated and thus your post are not excluded by any moderated. The only automat

Re: Newbie question.

I understand it can be frustrating, especially if nobody has a deciding vote or Vito power or moderator power. Someone should have have veto power and anybody with other ideas can always fork and do his own thing. That way it may probably work. A tyrant can stay on course and others fork and

Re: Newbie question.

> How about collective and cooperative effort in a wiki, or cloud funding > pledges or donations? Those who contribute (money or effort) get > privilege of some kind. I am very pessimistic about the idea of collective effort. What experience has taught me from working on the FAQ is that a small n

Re: Newbie question.

How about collective and cooperative effort in a wiki, or cloud funding pledges or donations? Those who contribute (money or effort) get privilege of some kind. On 7/26/2020 2:48 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: On 12/07/2020 20:01, Ayoub Misherghi wrote: Can you please suggest some good tutorial

Re: Newbie question.

On 12/07/2020 20:01, Ayoub Misherghi wrote: > Can you please suggest some good tutorial and reference material > preferably free (probably mutually exclusive requirements) that will > bring me up to your level or close to it please. No, I think the available documentation is lacking in quality. An

Re: Newbie question.

It is working now. The problem was in gpg-agent.conf that I forgot about. I did not do a re-install. I learned from this list. Thanks. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/l

Re: Newbie question.

Sorry for splitting Peter and Philihp  into two threads. I have probably put my gpg environment/program in a state it cannot come out of. I want to do what cowards do. I want to uninstall gpg and start all over again, escaping from the mess I

Re: Newbie question.

I am re-sending this text only. I made the mistake of sending it html previously. Sorry for splitting Peter and Philihp  into two threads. I have probably put my gpg environment/program in a state it cannot come out of. I want to do

Re: Have gpg-preset-passphrase always required a keygrip? (was: Newbie question.)

Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: > Peter Lebbing wrote: > > You can actually unlock keys the way GnuPG intends to do that with: > > > > $ my-unlocker | /usr/lib/gnupg/gpg-preset-passphrase --preset > > > > You can find the keygrip for your keys with: > > > > $ gpg --with-keygrip --list-secret-keys > > >

Re: Newbie question.

Hi, On 7/11/2020 3:34 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: Hi! On 10/07/2020 23:47, Ayoub Misherghi via Gnupg-users wrote: ayoub@vboxpwfl:~/testdir$ gpg --list-secret-keys Could you do $ gpg --with-subkey-fingerprint --list-secret-

Fwd: Re: Newbie question.

Sorry for going off list and messing everybody up. Now I disserve punishment. Sorry for the html too. Forwarded Message Subject:Re: Newbie question. Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 12:07:17 -0700 From: Ayoub Misherghi To: Peter Lebbing On 7/11/2020 11:30 AM

Re: Newbie question.

Thanks. This exposes to me how little I know and it will take me time to absorb it. None of this information is in anything I read. Nothing comes close. I will not come to grips with it with the kind of reading material I have. Can you please suggest some good tutorial and reference material

Have gpg-preset-passphrase always required a keygrip? (was: Newbie question.)

Peter Lebbing wrote: > You can actually unlock keys the way GnuPG intends to do that with: > > $ my-unlocker | /usr/lib/gnupg/gpg-preset-passphrase --preset > > You can find the keygrip for your keys with: > > $ gpg --with-keygrip --list-secret-keys > > You do need it for every subkey you want to

Re: Newbie question.

On 12/07/2020 17:45, Ayoub Misherghi wrote: > Sorry for going off list and messing everybody up. Now I disserve > punishment. Heh :-). It's just that if I reply off-list, it only helps you, but if it is on-list, other people can find it in a search engine when they're facing something similar. On

Re: Newbie question.

Hi, On 11/07/2020 19:58, Ayoub Misherghi wrote: > ayoub@vboxpwfl:~/sentry/trunk$ cat ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf > batch > pinentry-mode loopback Ah yes. Those two options have no place in your gpg.conf. They are options that you might want to specify as part of the command line on occasion, but unless you

Re: Newbie question.

Hi! On 10/07/2020 23:47, Ayoub Misherghi via Gnupg-users wrote: > ayoub@vboxpwfl:~/testdir$ gpg --list-secret-keys Could you do $ gpg --with-subkey-fingerprint --list-secret-keys and $ gpg --version please? And do you get a popup asking for your passphrase or is what you post all the interac

Newbie question.

What am I doing wrong: ayoub@vboxpwfl:~/testdir$ ls textfile ayoub@vboxpwfl:~/testdir$ gpg -r develop1 -o textfile.gpg -e textfile ayoub@vboxpwfl:~/testdir$ ls textfile  textfile.gpg ayoub@vboxpwfl:~/testdir$ gpg -u develop1 -o textfile.d

Re: Newbie Question about initialization

On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:18, gnupg-users@gnupg.org said: > gcry_version_check(1.8.4) gcry_check_version requires a string with the version number or NULL. Thus --8<---cut here---start->8--- const char *s; if ((s=gcry_version_check ("1.8.4"))) printf ("V

Newbie Question about initialization

Hi, can anyone tell me the syntax of the gcry_cry_version function? Does it work in this way: gcry_version_check(1.8.4) ?? Sent from ProtonMail mobile___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-use

Re: Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

On 27/08/17 04:40, arznix via Gnupg-users wrote: > I am developing a closed mesh network application where > I want to encrypt the traffic using PGP. The local network > will have no access the the greater worldwide web so it > will not be able to access existing trusted Key Servers. If it is an i

Re: Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

> It is unclear from the documentation for GNUPG and some of the supporting > writeups on other websites whether I can create a Key Server for the local > network that will generate public and private key pairs. This doesn't sound like any keyserver I've heard of. Normally keyservers only store c

Re: Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

Hi, On 08/27/2017 11:40 AM, arznix via Gnupg-users wrote: Can anyone clarify whether it is possible to create a local Key Server using the GNUPG tools? Not with GnuPG itself. The GnuPG project does not provide a keyserver software. Most keyservers out there are powered by a software called

Newbie Question: Creating a Key Server using GNUPG tools

Hi, This is a total newbie question as I have just discovered GNUPG. I am developing a closed mesh network application where I want to encrypt the traffic using PGP. The local network will have no access the the greater worldwide web so it will not be able to access existing trusted Key Servers

Re: Newbie question on GPG and PHP running from a webpage

"Griffin Cheng [CLIB]" wrote: >Hello, > >I am new to GPG, especially writing programs to decrypt stuff. Is this >the right mailing list to ask? gnupg-users is for most discussions and gnupg-devel is for programming/development specific questions. HTH. Cheers, --Paul -- PGP: 3DB6D884 __

Newbie question on GPG and PHP running from a webpage

Hello, I am new to GPG, especially writing programs to decrypt stuff. Is this the right mailing list to ask? Regards, Griffin CHENG. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Newbie question: Where do I put my trusted key?

2009/10/31 Charly Avital : > Please check the MacGPG2 Project at: > > The current installer for MacGPG2 2.0.12 is available. It will install a > Mac native pinentry application. An updated version for v2.0.13 will be available in a few days (work and brok

Re: Newbie question: Where do I put my trusted key?

laredotornado wrote the following on 10/28/09 12:56 PM: > What is also odd is that I'm told, "gpg: gpg-agent is not available in this > session" but I just installed the agent. Any help in troubleshooting is > appreciated, - Dave > Dave, I'm afraid the key words in your e-mail are '/opt/local

Newbie question: Where do I put my trusted key?

able in this session Enter passphrase: What is also odd is that I'm told, "gpg: gpg-agent is not available in this session" but I just installed the agent. Any help in troubleshooting is appreciated, - Dave -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Newbie-questio

Re: FW from PGP-Basis: newbie question about bad keys

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:45, kloec...@kde.org said: > What if the signing key is expired or has been revoked? Unless you use "--list-options show-unusable-uids" those signatures are not shown. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Auschnahme regelt ein Bundeschgesetz.

Re: FW from PGP-Basis: newbie question about bad keys

On Monday 16 February 2009, Werner Koch wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:48, faramir...@gmail.com said: > >> The "signatures not checked" seems pretty self explanatory. What > >> does the bad signatures mean? > > The signed data does not match the signature. That is the signed > data or the signat

Re: FW from PGP-Basis: newbie question about bad keys

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:48, faramir...@gmail.com said: >> The "signatures not checked" seems pretty self explanatory. What does >> the bad signatures mean? The signed data does not match the signature. That is the signed data or the signature has been modified or the signature was not correctly

Re: FW from PGP-Basis: newbie question about bad keys

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 02:48:11PM -0300, Faramir wrote: > paramouse escribi??: > > I am new to using GnuPG and hoping this is the the correct place to post > > questions. > > > > For practice, I imported some public keys to my keyring. I ran a > > > > gpg --check-sig > > > > After listing the

FW from PGP-Basis: newbie question about bad keys

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 paramouse escribió: > I am new to using GnuPG and hoping this is the the correct place to post > questions. > > For practice, I imported some public keys to my keyring. I ran a > > gpg --check-sig > > After listing the signatures of the public ke

Newbie question

I am a newbie to GnuPG, and am using gpg-agent so that I only need to enter my passphrase once. If I decrypt a file (which I encrypted to myself), I am of course asked to enter my passphrase. If I decrypt it a second time, gpg-agent supplies my passphrase from its cache. However, gpg2 still disp

Re: Newbie question

I used libTomCrypt (cf.: http://libtom.org/) to implement something similar. The data viewer executable contains (somewhat concealed) private key, and data sets are encrypted using the public key of the pair. (LibTomCrypt is much more flexible and easier to program against than Libgcrypt when you a

Re: public keys newbie question

Bruce Cowin wrote: > As I understand it, people only need my public key if they are going to > encrypt a file for me. If I will only be sending them encrypted files, then > I need their public key but they don't need mine. Is this correct? > > Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > Bruce > > Not q

Re: public keys newbie question

Hi, * Bruce Cowin wrote (2007-02-13 08:06): >As I understand it, people only need my public key if they are going to >encrypt a file for me. If I will only be sending them encrypted files, then I >need their public key but they don't need mine. Is this correct? Yup. They will also need your

public keys newbie question

As I understand it, people only need my public key if they are going to encrypt a file for me. If I will only be sending them encrypted files, then I need their public key but they don't need mine. Is this correct? Thanks. Regards, Bruce ___ Gnu

Re: Newbie question

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > - Does libcrypt do the job? I guess so... No. Libgcrypt provides basic building blocks but has no support for any specific protocol. > - The CAD data may contain a fixed header, so an atacker knowing > the header might use this info to easi

Re: Newbie question

On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 11:36:35AM +0100, Antonio Bleile wrote: > Hi Sven, > > > Hi! > > > > Private/Public key does not buy you much in this case if all > > you want is to obfuscate the file contents. > > Just use some AES implementation with the same symmetric key > > on the server and the cl

RE: Newbie question

Hi, > On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > Mh... That means I've missed something really fundamental... > > When you send an encrypted mail you send the encrypted data and the > > receiver at some point has both, the public key and your encrypted > > mail. Else, how should

Re: Newbie question

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Mh... That means I've missed something really fundamental... > When you send an encrypted mail you send the encrypted > data and the receiver at some point has both, the public > key and your encrypted mail. Else, how should he read your > mail

RE: Newbie question

Hi Sven, > Hi! > > Private/Public key does not buy you much in this case if all > you want is to obfuscate the file contents. > Just use some AES implementation with the same symmetric key > on the server and the client. > > Despite you seem to be aware of it, let me stress again: > It cannot

Newbie question

Hi all, I have a question concerning an "unusual" way of using gnuPG... I don't want to encrypt emails, I just want to encrypt binary data and deliver that over the internet. Consider the following scenario: I have a program that gets deliverd to various clients. The program is a viewer for 3d mod

Newbie question : GPgee and GPGshell etc..

Newbie question which one of these - GPGshell - WinPT - GPGee is better for a starter with GPG TIA Subu Kurt Fitzner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In the belief that GPGee is now ready for production use, I've just >released version 1.0. Fo

Re: Newbie question : GPgee and GPGshell etc..

Hi I visited the Win PT link from gnupg.org site. This link http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~twoaday/winpt.html has the following 1. http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~twoaday/sipfone-exe.zip - Windows binary 2. http://www.equipmente.de/gnupt-int.exe - graphicall installer which seems to have

Re: Add to FAQ! Re: Newbie question : GPgee and GPGshell etc..

Samuel ]slund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > This seems like a good description of Windows GUI for GnuPG. > If I was looking for a GUI this is the information I would like to have. > Could someone with access add it to the FAQ? > The question could be "Does GnuPG for windows have a GUI?", possi

Add to FAQ! Re: Newbie question : GPgee and GPGshell etc..

Hi This seems like a good description of Windows GUI for GnuPG. If I was looking for a GUI this is the information I would like to have. Could someone with access add it to the FAQ? The question could be "Does GnuPG for windows have a GUI?", possibly under the installation heading. //Samuel On W

Re: Newbie question : GPgee and GPGshell etc..

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > which one of these > - GPGshell > - WinPT > - GPGee > > is better for a starter with GPG First of all, let's get some definitions down because it can become confusing. WinPT is both an application and a group of tools. The application, Windows Privacy Tray, sits in