[Winpt-users] How to calculate and see a hash value of any file through GPG.

[Vineet Madan]

Dear all,

how do we calculate and thus see the hash of any file in GPG. is there a
provision of doing it through winpt or there is some command in GPG. or to
do that i need to install a md5 or sha1sum.exe and then run the command from
command prompt to get the values..

regards


On 10/26/06, Timo Schulz <twoaday at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Vineet Madan wrote:
>
> > the passphrase is stored where in memory. can any body access that
> > memory to extract my passphrase.
>
> Is this a question? If you disable the passphrase cache, it is
> just hold temporary for the operation.
>
>
> > so can that memory be accessed by me too to see my passphrase if i
> forget
> > it...
>
> No. The passphrase will be only cached when WinPT is _running_ and
> the feature is _enabled_. And even then you have to enter it once
> to enable caching. IF you quit WinPt, the cache will be flushed
> (deleted). So if you forget the passphrase, it's gone.
>
>
> ! This is why anybody should generate a key revocation certificate
>   right after the key generation and store it on a safe place.
>   *If* you lost your secret key/passphrase/something similiar
>   you can import the revoc cert and make the entire key unuseable.
>   Of course you need to send it to a key server then to spread the key. !
>
>
>        Timo
>
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VINEET MADAN
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