> @rjh: I guess you will now remark about random_seed, but I don't think
> tha this is anymore an issue with modern versions. The entropy
> gathering changed quite a bit in the 2.2 and we may eventually remove
> that file. (Due to the new JitterRNG which is sufficient on Windows and
> the faster
On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 13:01, Mark said:
> Thanks for the explantion of the new public key format. If I understand
> it correctly, the old system was like a flat file an this new one is
> more like an indexed database that allows faster lookups.
Right. The keybox format includes meta data so that t
Robert,
Thanks for the explantion of the new public key format. If I understand
it correctly, the old system was like a flat file an this new one is
more like an indexed database that allows faster lookups.
On 1/7/2020 12:37 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>> I'm still a bit confused on the changes i
Damien,
Thanks for the explanation on the keygrips. That makes sense why it is
some "random" set of characters. I understand (I think) it is acting
like a place marker but still trying to understand the why part.
I guess I need to export my keys to make it accessible to other apps
that use PGP
> I'm still a bit confused on the changes in secring. How does it come up
> with the names for those "new" keys as it doesn't seem to corrolate with
> anything I can see on the keys.
The names are actually keygrips, not fingerprints.
> For them to go away from the OpenPGP standard it obviously ha
On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 04:42:40PM +0100, azbigd...@gmx.com wrote:
I'm still a bit confused on the changes in secring. How does it come up
with the names for those "new" keys as it doesn't seem to corrolate
with anything I can see on the keys.
Files under the $GNUPGHOME/private-keys-v1.d direct
and (actaully learn more about) the reasons for the changes.
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2020 at 5:16 PM
From: "Robert J. Hansen"
To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
Subject: Re: Changes in GnuPG
> Is there anything that really details the changes in this new format
> and why it change
> Is there anything that really details the changes in this new format
> and why it changed?
https://www.gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html#keybox
> Also no more secring.gpg. Those files got moved in that "private
> -keys" directory. What I'm also trying to understand is now their
> files names
