Re: Random seed for symetric encryption

2006-01-16 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Henry Hertz Hobbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >Now I wonder why GPG needs random data for symmetric >> >encryption. Should I care about the message or not? >> >And how can I make it disappear? > > The SHORT answer is, yes it does need random data for just doing > symmetric encryption. Yes, you

Providing shell-completions for gpg, minor scripting issues

2006-01-16 Thread Axel Liljencrantz
Hello, I'm currently writing a set of gpg-specific completions for the fish shell (http://roo.no-ip.org/fish). These completions already feature all the switches for gpg, and a description of each switch, usually the first sentence of the manpage description. While doing this, I've run across an

Passphrase problem

2006-01-16 Thread Blanc Nicolas
Hi, I am using GnuPG since about 2 years and I never had any problem with it. But recently, I update my KDE to KDE 3.5 and then I got a problem using my keys. Of course, I don't know if there is a link with what I've done, but since then, I can't decrypt any encrypted file. My secret k

Re: Providing shell-completions for gpg, minor scripting issues

2006-01-16 Thread Alphax
Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently writing a set of gpg-specific completions for the fish > shell (http://roo.no-ip.org/fish). These completions already feature > all the switches for gpg, and a description of each switch, usually > the first sentence of the manpage description. >

Re: Providing shell-completions for gpg, minor scripting issues

2006-01-16 Thread David Shaw
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 03:34:08PM +0100, Axel Liljencrantz wrote: > Home: ~/.gnupg > Stödda algoritmer: > öppen nyckel: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA > Chiffer: 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH > Kontrollsumma: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512 > Komprimering: Okompr

only decrypting signed files?

2006-01-16 Thread websites
Is it possible to tell gpg to only decrypt signed files? the problem: i get files which are encrypted and signed with gpg --sign --encrypt is there a way to decrypt the files and get an error message if the file is not signed? bernhard ___ Gnupg

Re: Random seed for symetric encryption

2006-01-16 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
Nikolaus Rath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Henry Hertz Hobbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >Now I wonder why GPG needs random data for symmetric >>> >encryption. Should I care about the message or not? >>> >And how can I make it disappear? >> >> The SHORT answer is, yes it does need random data