Hi everyone,
Almost-but-not-quite my first post to this list. I am very interested
in encryption technologies, and PGP in particular. Of course, this is
only a hobby and I don't have any trade secrets or international
intrigues to protect, so that leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage when
it com
On 13/10/2010 4:02 PM, MFPA wrote:
> The user can type their password once per session into a text file and
> paste it every time it is requested. This reduces the annoyance factor
> and does not train the user to constantly re-type the passphrase.
>
I use a program called KeePass to keep track of
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Hello,
I was inspired by a thread on a friend's mishap with his secret key to
look into the various ways that a GnuPG secret key can be encrypted
prior to its storage on disk.
On 20/10/2010 1:24 PM, Faramir wrote:
>
> Well, then the private key wa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Hello,
I understand that there are *some* security considerations when using
CAST-128 (CAST5, as used in GnuPG), but this is typical of many ciphers
in use today. In particular, a paper[1] on the linear cryptanalysis of
reduced round versions of CAST
