From: "Smith, Cathy"
Date: 2009-04-30 21:54:15
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>Is it possible to select a specific cipher, such as Triple-DES or
>Blowfish, to use to generate a key pair?
yes,
(temporarily) put the following options into your
, Cathy
Cc: Allen Schultz; gnupg-users; Hallquist, Roy S Jr
Subject: Re: Selecting cipher to generate a key pair
Smith, Cathy wrote:
> The customer said they have a proprietary implementation that only
> supports Blowfish or 3DES for the key. I'm still trying to find out
> exactly w
David Bernier wrote:
> I'd like to know more about the process by which unsigned packages become
> signed packages. This matters, I think, when using SELinux, which is what
> I do.
This process will vary from operating system to operating system. What
works for Fedora isn't the same as what works
Dear Robert J. Hansen,
Robert J. Hansen wrote:
Smith, Cathy wrote:
Is there a brief explanation available as to how the cipher is used in
generating the private/public keys? It seems this is separate from the
cipher that is chosen to encrypt my data.
r...@chronicles:~$ gpg --enable
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Hash: SHA256
Robert J. Hansen escribió:
> John W. Moore III wrote:
>> Riddle Me this, Robert; _if_ "The Customer" has a requirement that
>> 3DES must be used [and they are associating it with their Key] then
>> wouldn't this mean that the *only* preference broadc
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Robert J. Hansen escribió:
> Smith, Cathy wrote:
>> The customer said they have a proprietary implementation that only
>> supports Blowfish or 3DES for the key. I'm still trying to find out
>> exactly what that means.
>
> Okay, that much makes sens
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John W. Moore III escribió:
...
> Riddle Me this, Robert; _if_ "The Customer" has a requirement that 3DES
> must be used [and they are associating it with their Key] then wouldn't
> this mean that the *only* preference broadcast by their Key is 3DES?
John W. Moore III wrote:
> Riddle Me this, Robert; _if_ "The Customer" has a requirement that
> 3DES must be used [and they are associating it with their Key] then
> wouldn't this mean that the *only* preference broadcast by their Key
> is 3DES?
You're assuming the customer's key is correctly adve
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Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Smith, Cathy wrote:
>> The customer said they have a proprietary implementation that only
>> supports Blowfish or 3DES for the key. I'm still trying to find out
>> exactly what that means.
>
> Okay, that much makes sense n
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Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 4:39 PM
To: Smith, Cathy
Cc: Allen Schultz; gnupg-users; Hallquist, Roy S Jr
Subject: Re: Selecting cipher to generate a key pair
Smith, Cathy wrote:
> The customer said they have a proprietary implementation that only
> supports Blowfish
Smith, Cathy wrote:
> The customer said they have a proprietary implementation that only
> supports Blowfish or 3DES for the key. I'm still trying to find out
> exactly what that means.
Okay, that much makes sense now.
I would suggest adding:
cipher-algo 3DES
... to your .gnupg/gpg.conf file.
1, 2009 4:22 PM
To: Smith, Cathy
Cc: Allen Schultz; gnupg-users
Subject: Re: Selecting cipher to generate a key pair
Smith, Cathy wrote:
> The customer stated that he can accept a public key generated with
> either Blowfish or Triple-DES. I wasn't sure what he needed because
>
Smith, Cathy wrote:
> The customer stated that he can accept a public key generated with
> either Blowfish or Triple-DES. I wasn't sure what he needed because all
> I've dealt with in generating a key pair before is selecting the DSA or
> RSA option. Our PGP version doesn't offer the DSA and Elga
509.375.2330
Email: cathy.sm...@pnl.gov
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From: Robert J. Hansen [mailto:r...@sixdemonbag.org]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:58 PM
To: Smith, Cathy
Cc: Allen Schultz; gnupg-users; Hallquist, Roy S Jr
Subject: Re: Selecting cipher to generate a key pair
Smith, Cathy
Smith, Cathy wrote:
> Is there a brief explanation available as to how the cipher is used in
> generating the private/public keys? It seems this is separate from the
> cipher that is chosen to encrypt my data.
r...@chronicles:~$ gpg --enable-dsa2 --gen-key
Please select what kind of key you want
: gnupg-users
Subject: Re: Selecting cipher to generate a key pair
Allen Schultz wrote:
> What's the default to encrypting/hashing the secret key? And how good
is it?
CAST5-128.
It's hard to talk about how good it is. Cryptography is an intensively
mathematical discipline, and most p
"Smith, Cathy" wrote on
Date: 2009-05-01 16:08:44 :
>I have a customer who can not accept our pgp public key.
>They are asking for a specific cipher to be used in generating the
public key.
this sounds like there might be a 'problem' ...
there are people who 'can' use 'any' cipher, but pref
My apologies to the group. I meant to say
gpg --gen-key
I have a customer who can not accept our pgp public key. They are
asking for a specific cipher to be used in generating the public key.
After some reading yesterday, it seemed that gpg might be the solution.
I don't have any
Allen Schultz wrote:
> What's the default to encrypting/hashing the secret key? And how good is it?
CAST5-128.
It's hard to talk about how good it is. Cryptography is an intensively
mathematical discipline, and most people are not very well-equipped to
discuss those details.
Ultimately, it woul
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ved...@hush.com wrote:
> (either Blowfish or 3DES, or any other one you wish)
What's the default to encrypting/hashing the secret key? And how good is it?
Allen
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>Is it possible to select a specific cipher, such as >Triple-DES or
Blowfish, to use to generate a key pair?
if, by selection, you mean to choose that cipher as the one
protecting your secret key, then yes
use the following options:
--expert
--s2k-cipher-algo name
(either Blowfish or 3DES, or
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