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

2016-02-25 Thread Martin Ilchev
I am looking for some help to figure out what cipher is used for symmetric encryption when both pass phrase and public keys are used. I have configured my gpg.conf with my preferred cipher algorithms as follows: personal-cipher-preferences AES256 TWOFISH CAMELLIA256 AES192 CAMELLIA192 AES CAST5 CAM

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

2016-02-26 Thread Martin Ilchev
. Regards, Martin On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 at 09:55 Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 25/02/16 15:42, Martin Ilchev wrote: > > I am looking for some help to figure out what cipher is used for > > symmetric encryption when both pass phrase and public keys are used. I > > have configured my gpg.c

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

2016-02-29 Thread Martin Ilchev
wrote: > > On 2/26/2016 at 5:48 AM, "Martin Ilchev" wrote: > > >I did set my key preferences a few months ago and made sure the > >key had > >them as well. Here is the output of showperf: > > > > Cipher: AES256, AES192, AES, CAST5, 3DES &

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 CAS

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