Re: keyservers

2011-03-19 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Friday 18 March 2011 at 5:48:47 PM, in , Grant Olson wrote: > Until then, I'll just use my favorite member of the sks > pool: gingerbear.net. Is it your favourite because of the name? - -- Best regards MFPAmailto:exp

Re: keyservers

2011-03-19 Thread Grant Olson
On 03/19/2011 02:07 PM, MFPA wrote: > Hi > > > On Friday 18 March 2011 at 5:48:47 PM, in > , Grant Olson wrote: > > >> Until then, I'll just use my favorite member of the sks >> pool: gingerbear.net. > > Is it your favourite because of the name? > > It's just the only name I actually rememb

what are the sub keys

2011-03-19 Thread Mike Acker
what are the 'sub keys' that are listed with each RSA key? Also which type of key is preferred RSA or DSA? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: what are the sub keys

2011-03-19 Thread Jonathan Ely
Hahahaha, the RSA versus DSA is a question I asked earlier this week I believe. You might wish to rummage through the archives for that short conversation. I would use RSA due to its ridiculous amount of sscrutiny over the years, but be sure to set your preferences and choose a 4096 over 2048. Doin

Re: hashed user IDs [was: Re: Security of the gpg private keyring?]

2011-03-19 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Sunday 13 March 2011 at 4:39:49 PM, in , Ben McGinnes wrote: > On 14/03/11 12:32 AM, MFPA wrote: >> Fair enough but I believe a person's desire to >> withhold their own personal information outranks >> another person's desire to make use of

Re: what are the sub keys

2011-03-19 Thread David Shaw
On Mar 19, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Mike Acker wrote: > what are the 'sub keys' that are listed with each RSA key? Also which > type of key is preferred RSA or DSA? OpenPGP keys are made up of a single primary key, and any number of subkeys (including, in some cases zero). This allows the user to pi

Re: what are the sub keys

2011-03-19 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 3/19/11 10:34 PM, Jonathan Ely wrote: > I would use RSA due to its ridiculous amount of sscrutiny over the > years, DSA has received comparable scrutiny, IMO. The Elgamal family (of which DSA is a member) has an impressive pedigree. > but be sure to set your preferences and choose a 4096 over