Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Martin Gollowitzer
* Doug Barton [110227 05:30]: > If you look at the characteristics of the actual messages encrypted mail > is very similar whether it's in-line or MIME. It's signed messages that > make things interesting because the signature in a MIME message is > actually (sort of) an attachment but also sor

Re: [SOLVED] SCR3310 reader working for root, but not scard group

2011-02-27 Thread Martin Gollowitzer
* Todd A. Jacobs [110227 04:02]: > Here are the steps I needed to take under Ubuntu 10.10 to get this > particular reader working properly as a mortal user. You could also have run the script [1] linked from the only up-to-date OpenPGP smartcard howto [2] I'm aware of. [1] http://download.fsfe.o

Re: Smart Card Physical Best Practices?

2011-02-27 Thread Martin Gollowitzer
* Grant Olson [110227 04:11]: > I usually just leave it in until I leave the computer for lunch or a > meeting or whatever. Same here, but I always take the card with me if I leave the room. > One thing I didn't realize at first, is that once you've unlocked either > your encryption or authentic

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Saturday, February 26, 2011, MFPA wrote: > Hi > > > On Friday 25 February 2011 at 1:45:03 AM, in > > , Jameson Rollins wrote: > > Yikes! I thought we were almost done killing inline > > signatures! Don't revive it now! > > > > If PGP/MIME is broken on android, we need to get them > > to fi

Re: GnuPG Card with ssh authentication problems

2011-02-27 Thread Werner Koch
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:43, br...@frogandbear.net said: > I do find it a little odd that GnuPG's very own (and from the looks of > it, old) documentation (1) lists the 3121 as a supported reader, along > with several other outdated models. Sorry for that, the howto is a bit outdated. Omnikey base

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 2/26/11 9:24 PM, Jameson Rollins wrote: > http://josefsson.org/inline-openpgp-considered-harmful.html * IT DOESN'T HANDLE ATTACHMENTS. That's fine with me: 95%+ of my messages don't require attachments. Any technology that can hit 95% of the use case is fine by me. * IT DOESN'T LIKE CHARACTE

GPA -

2011-02-27 Thread Jeffrey Walton
Hi All, I recently installed GPA. I'm trying to locate a friend's public key by either name or email address. GPA appears to only offer Key ID (which I don't have). Does anyone have tricks for locating a key by name or email? Thanks, Jeff ___ Gnupg-us

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread David Tomaschik
On 02/27/2011 12:21 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 2/26/11 9:24 PM, Jameson Rollins wrote: >> http://josefsson.org/inline-openpgp-considered-harmful.html > > * IT DOESN'T HANDLE ATTACHMENTS. That's fine with me: 95%+ of my > messages don't require attachments. Any technology that can hit 95% o

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Martin Gollowitzer
* David Tomaschik [110227 19:22]: > How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about OpenPGP"? 100% agreed. Thank you! Martin pgpOXtxwgzgho.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.g

Re: GnuPG Card with ssh authentication problems

2011-02-27 Thread Grant Olson
On 02/27/2011 11:40 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:43, br...@frogandbear.net said: > >> I do find it a little odd that GnuPG's very own (and from the looks of >> it, old) documentation (1) lists the 3121 as a supported reader, along >> with several other outdated models. > > Sorr

Re: GPA -

2011-02-27 Thread Werner Koch
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:54, noloa...@gmail.com said: > I recently installed GPA. I'm trying to locate a friend's public key > by either name or email address. GPA appears to only offer Key ID > (which I don't have). You have to use the command line: gpg2 --search-key f...@example.org then fo

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 2/27/11 1:13 PM, David Tomaschik wrote: > How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about OpenPGP"? 1. Why are you sending them signed emails anyway? 2. And seeing strange MIME attachments doesn't confuse people? ___ Gnupg-users mai

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Aaron Toponce
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 David Tomaschik wrote: >How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about >OpenPGP"? Meh. If anything, inline signatures sparked conversation. - -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Martin Gollowitzer
* Robert J. Hansen [110227 20:28]: > > How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about OpenPGP"? > > 1. Why are you sending them signed emails anyway? I sign *all* my e-mail except for messages sent from my mobile (in that case, my signature tells the receiver why the message is

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Werner Koch
Hi, I once hoped the discussion about MIME vs. crufty inline signatures has been settled a long time ago. Today that even Microsoft Outlook handles it correctly for more than 7 years, the new excuse seems to be some buggy new mail applications. I don't buy such an excuse. MIME is so primitive a

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Grant Olson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 02/27/2011 02:37 PM, Martin Gollowitzer wrote: > * Robert J. Hansen [110227 20:28]: >>> How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about OpenPGP"? >> >> 1. Why are you sending them signed emails anyway? > > I sign *all* my e-mail

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 2/27/11 2:37 PM, Martin Gollowitzer wrote: > I sign *all* my e-mail except for messages sent from my mobile (in that > case, my signature tells the receiver why the message is not signed and > offers the receiver to request a signed proof of authenticity later) or > messages to people who can't

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Sunday 27 February 2011, Aaron Toponce wrote: > David Tomaschik wrote: > >How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about > >OpenPGP"? > > Meh. If anything, inline signatures sparked conversation. Yeah. I think we should stop this pointless discussion. I doubt that any person

Android PGP/MIME test results

2011-02-27 Thread Grant Olson
Provider: Boost Manufacturer: Motorola Model: I1 Droid version: 1.5 This phone has two mail applications by default, one called 'email' and another called 'gmail'. Both displayed PGP/MIME messages without any trouble. Neither verified sigs of course. I see no easy way to determine the version n

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Avi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 As usual, Robert explains it clearly and succinctly. - --Avi -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) - GPGshell v3.77 Comment: Most recent key: Click show in box @ http://is.gd/4xJrs iJcEAREKAEAFAk1qx1I5GGh0dHA6Ly9wZ3AubmljLm

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Avi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Nothing a simple on-line search won't rectify. - --Avi -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) - GPGshell v3.77 Comment: Most recent key: Click show in box @ http://is.gd/4xJrs iJgEAREKAEAFAk1qx8U5GGh0dHA6Ly9wZ3AubmljLmFkLmpw

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >>> 2. And seeing strange MIME attachments doesn't confuse people? >> >> Less than strange text fragments at the head and the bottom of a message >> (Some people even think they are being spammed when they see inline PGP >> data), because an a

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 02/27/2011 12:37 PM, Martin Gollowitzer wrote: > I sign *all* my e-mail except for messages sent from my mobile (in that > case, my signature tells the receiver why the message is not signed and > offers the receiver to request a signed proof of authenticity later) or > messages to people who ca

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Doug Barton
On 02/27/2011 02:04, Ingo Klöcker wrote: On Saturday, February 26, 2011, MFPA wrote: Hi On Friday 25 February 2011 at 1:45:03 AM, in , Jameson Rollins wrote: Yikes! I thought we were almost done killing inline signatures! Don't revive it now! If PGP/MIME is broken on android, we need to g

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Doug Barton
On 02/27/2011 00:25, Martin Gollowitzer wrote: * Doug Barton [110227 05:30]: If you look at the characteristics of the actual messages encrypted mail is very similar whether it's in-line or MIME. It's signed messages that make things interesting because the signature in a MIME message is actual

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 2/27/11 2:37 PM, Martin Gollowitzer wrote: >> I sign *all* my e-mail except for messages sent from my mobile (in that >> case, my signature tells the receiver why the message is not signed and >> offers the receiver to request a signed proo

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 El 27-02-2011 15:30, Martin Gollowitzer escribió: > * David Tomaschik [110227 19:22]: >> How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about OpenPGP"? > > 100% agreed. Thank you! IMHO they would be even more confused if they can read

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Doug Barton
On 02/27/2011 11:36, Werner Koch wrote: Hi, I once hoped the discussion about MIME vs. crufty inline signatures has been settled a long time ago. I love/admire your optimism. :) Today that even Microsoft Outlook handles it correctly for more than 7 years, the new excuse seems to be some bugg

Re: Android PGP/MIME test results

2011-02-27 Thread Aaron Toponce
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Grant Olson wrote: >Provider: Boost >Manufacturer: Motorola >Model: I1 >Droid version: 1.5 > >This phone has two mail applications by default, one called 'email' and >another called 'gmail'. Both displayed PGP/MIME messages without any >trouble.

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Jean-David Beyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Faramir wrote: > El 27-02-2011 15:30, Martin Gollowitzer escribió: >> * David Tomaschik [110227 19:22]: >>> How about "inline confuses users who don't know anything about OpenPGP"? >> 100% agreed. Thank you! > >IMHO they would be even more confus

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> PGP/MIME (rfc2015, 1996) is not required to display signed MOSS mails. > We should expect that 1847 has been implemented in any MIME aware MUA; > in particular as it seems that S/MIME, which is also based on MOSS, does > work. "Should" usually just means "I want." The world should be a just pla

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:17 PM, David Shaw wrote: > Can I see the HCI study that MIME attachments confuse people? ;) I would love to see such a study. However, I never made that claim. :) Someone else made the claim PGP/MIME is superior because inline OpenPGP signatures confuse people. Okay, I

Question regarding shared keys

2011-02-27 Thread Denise Schmid
Hello list, first of all: Sorry if my question reaches the wrong list, but I have a question someone on this list may probably answer easily. If a company has shared keys: How does encryption work then? Are several owners of a share needed to encrypt data? I just try to find out how it works in

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> I disagree with this. Obviously a bad signature doesn't say much (except > perhaps "check your mail system - it's breaking things"), but there is still > value in the continuity between multiple signed messages. It's important to > not make of that more than it is: for all I know there are 2

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 El 27-02-2011 20:54, Jean-David Beyer escribió: > Faramir wrote: ... >>IMHO they would be even more confused if they can read the message. >> And some others see the attached signatures and think "Virus! Hit >> delete, hit delete!". ... > > If s

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> I'm not at all surprised that you had those results. A limited subset of > people have support for OpenPGP signatures. A limited subset of those people > actually verify signatures. A limited subset of those people actually pay > attention to what those signatures say. Yes: but one would h

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 27, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> I'm not at all surprised that you had those results. A limited subset of >> people have support for OpenPGP signatures. A limited subset of those >> people actually verify signatures. A limited subset of those people >> actually pay at

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 27, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> I disagree with this. Obviously a bad signature doesn't say much (except >> perhaps "check your mail system - it's breaking things"), but there is still >> value in the continuity between multiple signed messages. It's important to >> no

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 28/02/11 12:35 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:17 PM, David Shaw wrote: > >> Can I see the HCI study that MIME attachments confuse people? ;) > > I would love to see such a study. However, I never made that claim. :) > > Someone else made the claim PGP/MIME is superio

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 28/02/11 2:02 PM, David Shaw wrote: > > I'm not at all surprised that you had those results. A limited > subset of people have support for OpenPGP signatures. A limited > subset of those people actually verify signatures. A limited subset > of those people actually pay attention to what thos

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> I think we're missing each other here. We have Martin (the real one), the > fake Martin (let's call him "Marty"), and various other people on a mailing > list. Martin always signs his messages. One day Marty shows up and tries to > pretend to be Martin. Martin, not wanting someone else to

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 27, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> I think we're missing each other here. We have Martin (the real one), the >> fake Martin (let's call him "Marty"), and various other people on a mailing >> list. Martin always signs his messages. One day Marty shows up and tries >> to

[was: Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile]

2011-02-27 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 02/27/2011 08:31 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > the default mail app on a Verizon Droid X running Android 2.2 has broken MIME > support. Please post this bit of useful details to the "Android PGP/MIME test results" thread started by Grant Olson, which actually has an acceptable signal-to-noise

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Grant Olson
On 02/27/2011 10:22 PM, Ben McGinnes wrote: > On 28/02/11 2:02 PM, David Shaw wrote: >> >> I'm not at all surprised that you had those results. A limited >> subset of people have support for OpenPGP signatures. A limited >> subset of those people actually verify signatures. A limited subset >> o

Re: [was: Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile]

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Please post this bit of useful details to the "Android PGP/MIME test > results" thread started by Grant Olson, which actually has an acceptable > signal-to-noise ratio. As I have said a few times now, I have been out of town at a funeral. I have just now returned and am for the most part exhau

Re: Question regarding shared keys

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Denise Schmid wrote: > Hello list, > > first of all: Sorry if my question reaches the wrong list, but I have a > question someone on this list may probably answer easily. > > If a company has shared keys: How does encryption work then? Are several > owners of a sha

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 El 28-02-2011 0:27, Robert J. Hansen escribió: ... > Then we're at an impasse, because that claim wouldn't fly with me. Let's > imagine Fake-Martin and Real-Martin (FM and RM). > > > FM: [message] > RM: Hey, that's not me! I'm me. See? I've si

Re: Android PGP/MIME test results

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
Not exactly Android, but FWIW, an iPod touch (which has the same mail program as an iPhone) displays PGP/MIME just fine (as in shows the mail - but doesn't verify the signature). David ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.g

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:17 PM, David Shaw wrote: > >> Can I see the HCI study that MIME attachments confuse people? ;) > > I would love to see such a study. However, I never made that claim. :) > > Someone else made the claim PGP/MIME is

Re: Rebuilding the private key from signatures

2011-02-27 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 24, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Atom Smasher wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Aaron Toponce wrote: > >> However, I was in a discussion with a friend, and the topic came up that it >> is theoretically possible to rebuild your private key if someone had access >> to all your signed mail. We debated the

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 28/02/11 2:59 PM, Grant Olson wrote: > > I've been toying with the idea of expiring my key and seeing how > long it takes for anyone to notice. In fact, I've just decided I > will do this sometime in the next year. It'll be interesting to see > how long it takes people to notice even after I'

Re: Android PGP/MIME test results

2011-02-27 Thread Grant Olson
On 02/27/2011 11:29 PM, David Shaw wrote: > Not exactly Android, but FWIW, an iPod touch (which has the same mail program > as an iPhone) displays PGP/MIME just fine (as in shows the mail - but doesn't > verify the signature). > > David > > It's worth a lot. Since the rational behind this th

Re: PGP/MIME considered harmful for mobile

2011-02-27 Thread Grant Olson
On 02/27/2011 11:48 PM, Ben McGinnes wrote: > On 28/02/11 2:59 PM, Grant Olson wrote: >> >> I've been toying with the idea of expiring my key and seeing how >> long it takes for anyone to notice. In fact, I've just decided I >> will do this sometime in the next year. It'll be interesting to see >

Re: Android PGP/MIME test results

2011-02-27 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> - The service provider Verizon Wireless. > - The make and model of the phone. Droid X > - The droid version. 2.2.1 > - The email application(s) installed. Unknown: just the default Verizon Wireless email messaging app. > - If said application(s) displayed the text of a PGP/MIME message so

Re: Question regarding shared keys

2011-02-27 Thread Denise Schmid
> It depends on what you mean by a "shared key". There is just giving a > copy of the key to multiple people (in which case any one of them can use it), > or there are various key splitting algorithms where a key is broken into a > number of pieces, and a specified subset of those pieces can come