Re: cipher used when both --encrypt and --symmetric is specified

2016-02-29 Thread Martin Ilchev
Hi Vedaal, You are correct that is not my real key ID. Funny enough the key was generated in Nov-2015. However you are absolutely correct about the --s2k-cipher-algo option. I added that to my gpg.conf and after that symmetric + public works exactly as I expected. I get AES256 every time. There

Re: cipher used when both --encrypt and --symmetric is specified

2016-02-29 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 29/02/16 11:51, Martin Ilchev wrote: > So CAST5 is the preferred cipher for secret keys and is also the default > for symmetric. On the other hand using --personal-cipher-preferences > does not seem to apply to symmetric + public encryption. Is this by design? For me, GnuPG 1.4 behaves as you i

Re: cipher used when both --encrypt and --symmetric is specified

2016-02-29 Thread Martin Ilchev
Hi Peter, Thanks for the advice. I will have a look at the mailing list. For now I am happy that I have a working solution. Thank you and Vedaal for the help. Regards, Martin On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 at 11:12 Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 29/02/16 11:51, Martin Ilchev wrote: > > So CAST5 is the prefer

Re: Question about getting started with PGP and smart cards

2016-02-29 Thread Martin Ilchev
Hi Josh, I am using a smart card and reader for about 6 months now. The set up I went with is: Smart-card "OpenPGP Smartcard V2.1" from kernel concepts ( http://shop.kernelconcepts.de/). The card supports keys up to 4096 length with gpg2. Card-reader - Gemalto GemPC Twin/TR (IDBridge CT30) - work

Re: Question about getting started with PGP and smart cards

2016-02-29 Thread Andrew Gallagher
On 29/02/16 15:31, Martin Ilchev wrote: > > For Windows I installed gpg4win and migrated my linux gpg.conf and keys > over and it just worked. Also in windows if you want to use putty with a > smart card you will need a patched putty agent. You can get one from > here http://smartcard-auth.de/ssh-

Re: cipher used when both --encrypt and --symmetric is specified

2016-02-29 Thread vedaal
On 2/29/2016 at 5:51 AM, "Martin Ilchev" wrote: >There is one thing I would like to understand - the man page says: > --s2k-cipher-algo name > Use name as the cipher algorithm used to protect >secret >keys. The default cipher is CAST5. This cipher is also used for >conventi

Retrieval of passphrase

2016-02-29 Thread Daniel H. Werner
Hi everyone, I hope someone can give me some advice. I have been a Mac user for years (and years!) and used PGP most of that time. I was running v. 9.7.1 when I upgraded my old G5 to a new iMac. And, of course, that old version of PGP does not run on OS X 10.11. I downloaded the GPG Installer

Re: Retrieval of passphrase

2016-02-29 Thread keith
No Idea... Linux Mint User and I regularly break it. I would, probably incorrectly, assume that if you still had your old G5 with the Old Version of GPG Installer Suite on it then there will be an Export Keys Function which you would use to Export your Public and Private keys to a USB drive. Then

Re: Question about getting started with PGP and smart cards

2016-02-29 Thread Joshua Terrill
Thanks for the replies, everyone. So what about a solution like Yubikey NEO? I read on their site that you can generate a keypair and put it on the yubikey. But what I'm a little confused about is, once you have the public and private key on the card, how do you use it to encrypt/sign/decrypt thing

Re: Retrieval of passphrase

2016-02-29 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> How do I retrieve my existing key pair so I can continue to use them. They're stored in two files: pubring.pkr and secring.skr. Look for those files. Then import them into GnuPG. :) ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gn