Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG keyserver

2008-07-11 Thread Andy Smith
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:08:25PM +0100, Dark Otter wrote: > The next thing I need to do is try and get in the web of trust. The easiest way is to attend conferences and geek meet ups. But don't expect too much - very few people actively use PGP :( > P.S. How come you didn't sign your last e-ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG keyserver

2008-07-11 Thread Dark Otter
I thought I'd try and get everything working before I start using it, thanks for the advice, subkeys.pgp.net seems to work. I've only been using ubuntu for a couple of weeks, so I'm still setting everything up. The next thing I need to do is try and get in the web of trust. Thanks again for the he

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG keyserver

2008-07-11 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 09:41:34PM +0100, Dark Otter wrote: > I've just set myself up a GPG key etc., and was wondering if anyone > could recommend which keyserver to use? There are a couple of examples > in the default gpg.conf file, but so gpg hasn't been able to retrieve > the public keys f

[ubuntu-uk] GPG keyserver

2008-07-10 Thread Dark Otter
I've just set myself up a GPG key etc., and was wondering if anyone could recommend which keyserver to use? There are a couple of examples in the default gpg.conf file, but so gpg hasn't been able to retrieve the public keys for any of the signatures I've seen so far (mainly in this mailing list).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG grrrs!

2007-12-19 Thread Kirrus
- "James Westby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On (19/12/07 15:20), Michael Holloway wrote: > > Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to > give > > the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 288 more bytes) > > Only certain sorts of "work" generate entropy, dependin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG grrrs!

2007-12-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/12/07 15:20), Michael Holloway wrote: > Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give > the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 288 more bytes) Only certain sorts of "work" generate entropy, depending on the drivers that you have attached to certain devices. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG grrrs!

2007-12-19 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 15:32 +, Dave Morley wrote: > > Should gpg work over ssh? it maybe an untrusted device. Have you > tried doing it directly instead? Well i wouldn't have thought that was an issue, but maybe. The server in question is in a hosting facility... hardly worth a visit to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG grrrs!

2007-12-19 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 15:20 +, Michael Holloway wrote: > Hi All > > You know when you come across a problem so silly that you just cant get > right!!?!!?! > > Anyway, i am trying to create a GPG key on a remote (ubuntu) server over > ssh. In order for GPG to create keys it needs random event

[ubuntu-uk] GPG grrrs!

2007-12-19 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi All You know when you come across a problem so silly that you just cant get right!!?!!?! Anyway, i am trying to create a GPG key on a remote (ubuntu) server over ssh. In order for GPG to create keys it needs random events to happen on the machine etc. I can do it on my desktop no probs, but on

[ubuntu-uk] GPG

2005-09-16 Thread Nick McMahon
Hi, i was wondering if anyone knew much about GPG, im joining a site that requires me to auth myself with a GPG key, but i have never used them before! i tried to find mine with gpg --fingerprint nickm but it returned: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpg --fingerprint nickm gpg: error reading key: public