Bo Berglund wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:46:07 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>John Clizbe escribe:
>>> Just copy the keyring files.
>>
>>I store my private keyring and a public keyring containing only my
>>public key on a pendrive, then in your gpg.conf:
>>
>>k
> I am a smartcard programmer. Sure an OpenPGP card is just a standard
> smartcard with special elementary files in its filesystem. Could I
> make my own OpenPGP card from a common smartcard given I know its
> administrative codes?
Yup, that's what the "Open" in "OpenPGP Smartcard" means :) I'm n
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Subject: Re: GnuPG (GPG) Problem
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:21, Bo Berglund said:
> Settings\) it is located in a subdir \Application Data\gnupg
> and mine is completely em
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:21, Bo Berglund said:
> Settings\) it is located in a subdir \Application Data\gnupg
> and mine is completely empty of any active lines. Seems like it is not
That is just fine.
> in use at all (because if it were every line should not be commented
> out). Maybe the Windows
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:50:05 +0200, "Henk M. de Bruijn"
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>On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:40:45 +0200GMT (20-8-2006, 9:40 +0200, where I
>live), Bo Berglund wrote:
>
>...
>
>> I wonder about the gpg.conf file:
>> Is it used at al
Alphax wrote:
> I don't use a flash drive or a smartcard, for the following reasons:
... and in a follow-up to my own follow-up, apparently Rainbow got
bought out by SafeNet. The iKey is still available and the specs
haven't changed from the last I used them some years ago. They're handy
little
Alphax wrote
> - Flash drives are too prone to failures at bizzare moments
> - Smartcards are largely experimental and don't have the instant
> usability of a USB stick
A few years ago Rainbow Technologies came out with a device they called
the iKey. Smartcard with a USB connector, about the same
Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Janusz A. Urbanowicz wrote:
>> You can't read a private key from the smartcard, but you can read it
>> from the flashdrive. SC is a crypto processor + storage, flashdrive
>> only storage.
>
> All of which is true. However, the bit to which I was replying was:
>
> "A sm
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:40:45 +0200GMT (20-8-2006, 9:40 +0200, where I
live), Bo Berglund wrote:
...
> I wonder about the gpg.conf file:
> Is it used at all in Windows?
> I looked at my own one at "C:\Documents and
> Settings\\Application Data\gnupg
Janusz A. Urbanowicz wrote:
> You can't read a private key from the smartcard, but you can read it
> from the flashdrive. SC is a crypto processor + storage, flashdrive
> only storage.
All of which is true. However, the bit to which I was replying was:
"A smartcard is very convenient as far as
On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 09:18:13AM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> > A smartcard is very convenient as far as it's a multi application
> > device, so you can store much other info apart from GnuPG keys,
> > i.e. Mozilla passwords or such.
>
> ... I'm sorry, I'm s
Bo Berglund escribe:
> So how does one do this on Windows
I use Cygwin's gnupg so gpg.conf is at ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf just as usual
on a UNIX computer.
Below my gpg.conf, these are lines used on both Linux and Windows:
default-cert-check-level 3
default-recipient-self
keyserver pgp.rediris.es
k
Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> A smartcard is very convenient as far as it's a multi application
> device, so you can store much other info apart from GnuPG keys,
> i.e. Mozilla passwords or such.
... I'm sorry, I'm scratching my head over here trying to figure out how
a flash drive doesn't als
Robert J. Hansen escribe:
> Speaking for myself, I have doubts about the long-term security of
> RSA/1024. I much prefer RSA/2048 instead. Thus, the OpenPGP card fails
> to meet my own security policy... whereas storing a copy of my private
> key on my USB dongle, with a high-security passphrase,
Jonathan Rockway escribe:
> I would recommend that you don't do that. What if you lose the drive?
> Then your private key is compromised. Do you have a revocation
> certificate in a safe location? If not, you can't even tell anyone that
> your private key has been compromised! Not good!
Sure!
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:46:07 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>John Clizbe escribe:
>> Just copy the keyring files.
>
>I store my private keyring and a public keyring containing only my
>public key on a pendrive, then in your gpg.conf:
>
>keyring /path/to/pendrive/pubring
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 02:37:28PM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> > The OpenPGP smartcard is a much safer option, since it will not give
> > up the private key (even if you have the password), and will lock
> > itself after 3 incorrect password attempts. (And after 3 incorrect
> > Admin PIN at
Jonathan Rockway wrote:
> I would recommend that you don't do that. What if you lose the
> drive? Then your private key is compromised.
Let's not use the word 'compromised'. Let's call it 'loss of control'.
If I leave my wallet on my desktop for an hour while I go to a meeting,
are my credit c
I would recommend that you don't do that. What if you lose the drive?
Then your private key is compromised. Do you have a revocation
certificate in a safe location? If not, you can't even tell anyone that
your private key has been compromised! Not good!
The OpenPGP smartcard is a much safer o
John Clizbe escribe:
> Just copy the keyring files.
I store my private keyring and a public keyring containing only my
public key on a pendrive, then in your gpg.conf:
keyring /path/to/pendrive/pubring.gpg
secret-keyring /path/to/pendrive/secring.gpg
Using several different computers it works li
John wOnk3r wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem. I have 2 computers and I set one up with GnuPG(GPG) with a
> key. I use Thunderbird to send and receive encrypted email with no problems.
> The second computer is not set with any key. I want to setup the second
> computer with with the "Same" emai
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