From mattias.jn at gmail.com Sat Apr 4 22:32:20 2009 From: mattias.jn at gmail.com (Mattias Johansson) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 22:32:20 +0200 Subject: [Gpg4win-users-en] gpg4win, pgp-interaction and DSA2 support Message-ID: Hi, I'm new to gpg4win and was inspired to start using this software due to the firegpg-addon for firefox. I've used pgp before occasionally, since we've had it at work, thus my questions: Key-related questions: -------------------------------- My previous pgp-keys doesn't work with gpg4win, basically any key with a bigger DSA than 1024 will give me strange errors. for ex when I try and sign another key it says that that key has expired even though it hasn't and signing fails repeatedly. The same keys work fine in a newer version of pgp so I know the keys are fine. A smaller pgp-key, like 1024/4096 works fine in gpg4win After hours on the net I've realised that everything bigger than 1024 is DSA2, and this exists in the "real" gpg (with '--enable-dsa2') under linux, but not in the windows version? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Is there any page which states the constraints of gpg4win, like what keys/ciphers/hash works etc etc? I'm using several platforms, so I want keys that work as well on linux as on windows, but I rather have the largest keys possible... and 1024 is more a default that I hope to avoid. Manual ----------- I'm looking for any information regarding more advanced features in gpg4win. I can't read german but from what I gathered from babelfish even the advanced manual doesn't seem to discuss dsa2 and various ciphers and how to create your keys according to your own specs? Sincerely //Mattias From bernhard at intevation.de Mon Apr 6 12:12:32 2009 From: bernhard at intevation.de (Bernhard Reiter) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:12:32 +0200 Subject: [Gpg4win-users-en] gpg4win, pgp-interaction and DSA2 support In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200904061212.35575.bernhard@intevation.de> Hi Matthias, Am Samstag, 4. April 2009 22:32:20 schrieb Mattias Johansson: > My previous pgp-keys doesn't work with gpg4win, basically any key with > a bigger DSA than 1024 will give me strange errors. for ex when I try > and sign another key it says that that key has expired even though it > hasn't and signing fails repeatedly. The same keys work fine in a > newer version of pgp so I know the keys are fine. A smaller pgp-key, > like 1024/4096 works fine in gpg4win > > After hours on the net I've realised that everything bigger than 1024 > is DSA2, and this exists in the "real" gpg (with '--enable-dsa2') > under linux, but not in the windows version? if you have some knowledge of OpenPGP and the command line, I suggest to try a lot of the operations on the command line on Windows to seperate the problem. > Please correct me if I'm wrong. Is there any page which states the > constraints of gpg4win, like what keys/ciphers/hash works etc etc? Usually "gpg2 --version" will give you an idea what the crypto backend can do. > I'm using several platforms, so I want keys that work as well on linux > as on windows, but I rather have the largest keys possible... and 1024 > is more a default that I hope to avoid. The Windows and GNU/Linux variants of GnuPG are basically the same so they should have the same capabilities. > Manual > ----------- > I'm looking for any information regarding more advanced features in > gpg4win. I can't read german but from what I gathered from babelfish > even the advanced manual doesn't seem to discuss dsa2 and various > ciphers and how to create your keys according to your own specs? True, the advanced manual does not cover this. The gui frontends are mainly for the daily usage operations and mainstream configuration options. If you would like to have something more out of the ordinary, you need to consult the GnuPG documentation directly. Which version of Gpg4win did you try? The 1.9.x? If not, try it. I thought we can do DSA2 and there is a selection of key length in the wizard for generating a new key. Bernhard -- Managing Director - Owner: www.intevation.net (Free Software Company) Germany Coordinator: fsfeurope.org. Coordinator: www.Kolab-Konsortium.com. Intevation GmbH, Osnabr?ck, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabr?ck, HRB 18998 Gesch?ftsf?hrer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/gpg4win-users-en/attachments/20090406/a6908322/attachment.pgp From m.d.berger at ieee.org Fri Apr 10 04:03:29 2009 From: m.d.berger at ieee.org (Michael D. Berger) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:03:29 -0400 Subject: [Gpg4win-users-en] GPA: Unsupported protocol Message-ID: <0KHV0072Q4DUUFW0@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> I just installed gpg4win-1.1.4 on my WinXP box. When I try to run GPA (to import a public key) I get a GPA Error: Fatal Error from GPGME library (invoked from .../gpa-080/src/confdialog.c, line 1447: Unsupported protocol. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help. Mike. -- Michael D. Berger m.d.berger at ieee.org From m.d.berger at ieee.org Fri Apr 10 20:07:26 2009 From: m.d.berger at ieee.org (Michael D. Berger) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:07:26 -0400 Subject: [Gpg4win-users-en] Key not recognized. Message-ID: <0KHW00M71D0FPXVK@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> Using the command line command gpg with gpg4win-1.1.4 on my WinXP, I just imported public key created on a Linux box. If I use the command line to encrypt a file and send it to the Linux box, I can decrypt it with no problem. But if I encrypt it in the clipboard, copy the result to a file, and try to decrypt on the Linux box, it complains that the the secret key is not available for the key ID. Note that I have only one key pair. Any ideas? Thanks, Mike. -- Michael D. Berger m.d.berger at ieee.org http://www.rosemike.net/ From bernhard at intevation.de Tue Apr 14 10:52:11 2009 From: bernhard at intevation.de (Bernhard Reiter) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:52:11 +0200 Subject: [Gpg4win-users-en] GPA: Unsupported protocol In-Reply-To: <0KHV0072Q4DUUFW0@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0KHV0072Q4DUUFW0@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <200904141052.11549.bernhard@intevation.de> Am Freitag, 10. April 2009 04:03:29 schrieb Michael D. Berger: > I just installed gpg4win-1.1.4 on my WinXP box. ?When > I try to run GPA (to import a public key) > I get a GPA Error: > > Fatal Error from GPGME library > (invoked from .../gpa-080/src/confdialog.c, line 1447: > Unsupported protocol. > > Any suggestions? Try on the command line with -vvv aka gpg.exe -vvv -import so you can find out which protocol is not supported. Alternatively you could try gpgwin1.9.x beta. -- Managing Director - Owner: www.intevation.net (Free Software Company) Germany Coordinator: fsfeurope.org. Coordinator: www.Kolab-Konsortium.com. Intevation GmbH, Osnabr?ck, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabr?ck, HRB 18998 Gesch?ftsf?hrer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/gpg4win-users-en/attachments/20090414/6bbfc662/attachment.pgp From bernhard at intevation.de Tue Apr 14 10:55:03 2009 From: bernhard at intevation.de (Bernhard Reiter) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:55:03 +0200 Subject: [Gpg4win-users-en] Key not recognized. In-Reply-To: <0KHW00M71D0FPXVK@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0KHW00M71D0FPXVK@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <200904141055.03727.bernhard@intevation.de> Am Freitag, 10. April 2009 20:07:26 schrieb Michael D. Berger: > Using the command line command gpg with > gpg4win-1.1.4 on my WinXP, I just imported > public key created on a Linux box. ?If > I use the command line to encrypt a file > and send it to the Linux box, I can > decrypt it with no problem. ?But if I > encrypt it in the clipboard, copy the > result to a file, I assume that you are using the "armor" mode both times, so both files will have "readable" characters in them, not binary. > and try to decrypt on > the Linux box, it complains that the > the secret key is not available for the > key ID. ?Note that I have only one key > pair. Using -vvv on GNU/Linux you can see which key was used in both cases so you could analyse the situation further. Note that Gpg4win1 uses WinPT for clipboard things if I remember correctly, can you confirm that you are using Winpt? If so you could check Winpt options. And again Gpg4win1.9.x might be an option to try. -- Managing Director - Owner: www.intevation.net (Free Software Company) Germany Coordinator: fsfeurope.org. Coordinator: www.Kolab-Konsortium.com. Intevation GmbH, Osnabr?ck, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabr?ck, HRB 18998 Gesch?ftsf?hrer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/gpg4win-users-en/attachments/20090414/a44f5e5f/attachment.pgp