Re: failed to build a binary for version 2.0.19 please advise

2012-04-12 Thread Mustrum
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 > On 04/07/2012 11:28 PM, ? wrote: >> Execuse me where can I find the binaries of this new version on >> a windows platform > http://files.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-2.1.0.exe > Enjoy. I gather that a new build is expected soon, but last time I

Current key servers

2012-04-12 Thread Malte Gell
Hi there, haven“t used key servers in recent time and wonder what key servers are recommended currently. I have used pool.sks-keyservers.net, they were said to be okay especially due to the subkeys issues. Any new key servers recommended to use? Thanx Malte

GPG Decryption fails for files > 1MB

2012-04-12 Thread david.vazquez_landa
Hello list, We have an issue with one of our users. When he sends encrypted messages larger than ~1 MB, we get these errors: 8218 - PGP decryption error - gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID CD5AA2E4 gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID B44D925D, created 2006-03-29 "Mehdi Rahman "

Re: Current key servers

2012-04-12 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 04/12/2012 02:38 PM, Malte Gell wrote: > Any new key servers recommended to use? No. pool.sks-keyservers.net isn't really very much of a keyserver. It doesn't service your requests itself. Instead, it picks a random known-good keyserver from the global keyserver network and proxies your requ

[new-user] question

2012-04-12 Thread michael crane
hello, I'm trying to understand the principals and benefits of using pgp/gpg I think I understand that I send the part of my key that is public to somebody and they use that key to encrypt a message which only I can decypher. So what if somebody uses my public key to send me a message purporting to

Re: Current key servers

2012-04-12 Thread John Clizbe
Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 04/12/2012 02:38 PM, Malte Gell wrote: >> Any new key servers recommended to use? > > No. > > pool.sks-keyservers.net isn't really very much of a keyserver. It > doesn't service your requests itself. Instead, it picks a random > known-good keyserver from the global

Re: [new-user] question

2012-04-12 Thread brian m. carlson
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:21:16PM +0100, michael crane wrote: > hello, > I'm trying to understand the principals and benefits of using pgp/gpg > I think I understand that I send the part of my key that is public to > somebody and they use that key to encrypt a message which only I can > decypher.

Re: [new-user] question

2012-04-12 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 04/12/2012 06:21 PM, michael crane wrote: > what is the mechanism to ensure it came from who I think it did ? Turn it around. The public and the private key are inverses. Each can decrypt what the other one encrypts. When someone encrypts a message with your public key, only your private key

Re: [new-user] question

2012-04-12 Thread Laurent Jumet
Hello michael ! michael crane wrote: > I'm trying to understand the principals and benefits of using pgp/gpg > I think I understand that I send the part of my key that is public to > somebody and they use that key to encrypt a message which only I can > decypher. > So what if somebody uses my p