Re: gpg 2.0.27 is updating the trustdb constantly, and taking minutes to do it

2015-03-28 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:07, j...@jcea.es said: > My problem is that any change to the pubring, like downloading a new > key, refreshing, adding a new local signature with "--lsign", etc., will > force a trustdb update (in the next execution. For instance, decrypting A new key signature may chnage

Re: Enabling and using ECC keys (any reason not to?)

2015-03-28 Thread Johan Wevers
On 27-03-2015 14:21, Martin Behrendt wrote: > So especially when introducing new algorithms which might be tampered > with, using e.g. an old style RSA Key as one layer and ECC as a second > should help against this. Or am I missing something here? Why would you want to use a suspect algorithm if

Re: One alternative to SMTP for email: Confidant Mail

2015-03-28 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 26 March 2015 at 11:57:43 PM, in , Mike Ingle wrote: > That's more or less what it does. When you get an email > from j...@somewhere.com, it fetches that key id and > adds it to your keyring. If you get an email from a > differen

Re: One alternative to SMTP for email: Confidant Mail

2015-03-28 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 28/03/15 15:59, MFPA wrote: > Using "darknet" services to enhance privacy does not equate to > "dodgy". No, but nobody said the adjective was used tautological. It's like someone says "they're doing shady business in a dark alley" and you protest "Hey, I know plenty proper businesses that are

Re: gpg 2.0.27 is updating the trustdb constantly, and taking minutes to do it

2015-03-28 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/28/15 3:48 AM, Werner Koch wrote: Sorry for this. It has already been fixed in the repo, Just out of curiosity, do you have an ETA on a new release? -- I am conducting an experiment in the efficacy of PGP/MIME signatures. This message should be signed. If it is not, or the signature doe

Iceland mirror not working

2015-03-28 Thread ljbp1csyfud6ixyyflzyq9hrg0
Hi, Notice that Iceland mirror are not working: ftp://ftp.hi.is/pub/mirrors/gnupg/ ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users

Re: Enabling and using ECC keys (any reason not to?)

2015-03-28 Thread Stephan Beck
Am 27.03.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Martin Behrendt: > On 26.03.2015 18:40, Pete Stephenson wrote: >> >> People have raised concerns about the NIST curves, but they are part >> of the RFC 6637 standard so compliant programs must implement P-256, >> may implement P-384, and should implement P-521. >> >>