<div>Dear Timo ,</div>
<div>thanks again ...You rock...<br> </div>
<div>Can u please tell that when we sign a key either we can sign with a default key, or choose any private key on keyring by --local-user option.</div>
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<div>However how do i view my default signing key. and how does it get created. is the first key created in gpg keyring becomes the default signing key..</div>
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<div>Can u please answer me ..please...</div>
<div>regards to all</div>
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<div>vineet<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Timo Schulz</b> <<a href="mailto:twoaday@gmx.net">twoaday@gmx.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Vineet Madan wrote:<br><br>> Can u pl tell that in what format is the passphrase stored in the keyring<br>
<br>The passphrase is *not* stored in the keyring!<br><br>The passphrase will be hashed in combined with a salt to<br>produce a "derrived random key" which is used to encrypt<br>the secret key parts.<br><br><br>
> 2. what is the format of passphrase while it is stored on the keyserver<br><br>It seems you have a wrong picture of (public key) cryptography. I would<br>suggest to read some basic documents about the concepts if you are
<br>interested in technical details.<br><br>Of course the keyserver just stores the *public* parts of the key.<br>The secret key _should_ never leave your machine/smartcard/disk.<br><br><br>> 3. if passphrase ( bits making the passphrase ) is not part of the private
<br>> key where is it stored and in what format.?<br><br>RFC2440 describes the procedure to convert a "string=passphrase" to a<br>key (S2K).<br><br><br>Sorry that I can give you a more detailed answer,<br><br>
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http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/winpt-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>God is Great<br>VINEET MADAN<br>emailid: <a href="mailto:vineet1408@gmail.com">vineet1408@gmail.com</a>