how to properly verify a signature from a program?

2009-11-25 Thread David Roundy
Hi all, I've been searching and searching, and have failed to find any documentation or tutorial that indicates the proper way to verify a signature from a program. The problem is that I want not to verify that *anyone* signed a message, but rather to verify that *someone in particular* signed it

Re: how to properly verify a signature from a program?

2009-11-25 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:16:29PM -0500, David Roundy wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been searching and searching, and have failed to find any > documentation or tutorial that indicates the proper way to verify a > signature from a program. The problem is that I want not to verify > that *anyone* sig

Re: how to properly verify a signature from a program?

2009-11-25 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 01:44:35PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:16:29PM -0500, David Roundy wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've been searching and searching, and have failed to find any > > documentation or tutorial that indicates the proper way to verify a > > signature f

Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread Brian O'Kennedy
Hi All, This is a complete n00b question, but I still need to get an opinion on this. I've created myself a public/private key and got a bit concerned that if my harddrive fails, I lost the key and all data I've ever encrypted using it. Advice I find around the net suggest saving it to a floppy

Re: Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread Ciprian Dorin, Craciun
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Brian O'Kennedy wrote: > Hi All, > This is a complete n00b question, but I still need to get an opinion on > this. > I've created myself a public/private key and got a bit concerned that if my > harddrive fails, I lost the key and all data I've ever encrypted using

Re: Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Brian O'Kennedy wrote: > This is a complete n00b question, but I still need to get an opinion on > this. We were all new once. :) Welcome to the list! > All of these make sense to me, but aren't compatible with my ability to > lose physical things. So, what would the risks be of me using > s

Re: Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread Brian O'Kennedy
Thanks for the useful tips - I think I'll go the encrypt-upload-to-email route plus an additional paperkey option stored at relatives house in case of email service going down. thanks, Brian 2009/11/25 Ciprian Dorin, Craciun > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Brian O'Kennedy > wrote: > > Hi A

Fwd: Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread Brian O'Kennedy
So this implies that I could safely upload my ascii-armored private key to an email server without fear (assuming of course that my passphrase is secure and large). What symmetric encryption is typically used on the key itself? I'm assuming that this level of encryption is secure enough to not wor

Re: Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Brian O'Kennedy wrote: > So this implies that I could safely upload my ascii-armored private > key to an email server without fear (assuming of course that my > passphrase is secure and large). Correct. You just have to make *absolutely certain* your passphrase is unguessable. If someone is abl

Re: Fwd: Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread FederalHill
 Would you define ascii-armored --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Brian O'Kennedy wrote: From: Brian O'Kennedy Subject: Fwd: Backup of private key To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 4:19 PM So this implies that I could safely upload my  ascii-armored private key to an em

Re: Fwd: Backup of private key

2009-11-25 Thread Robert J. Hansen
FederalHill wrote: > Would you define ascii-armored binary -> base64 conversion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users