[Winpt-users] HOW to view master default signing key from gpg

[Vineet Madan]

Dear Timo ,
thanks again ...You rock...

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.

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..

Can u please answer me ..please...
regards to all

vineet


On 12/2/06, Timo Schulz <twoaday at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Vineet Madan wrote:
>
> > Can u pl tell that in what format is the passphrase stored in the
> keyring
>
> The passphrase is *not* stored in the keyring!
>
> The passphrase will be hashed in combined with a salt to
> produce a "derrived random key" which is used to encrypt
> the secret key parts.
>
>
> > 2. what is the format of passphrase while it is stored on the keyserver
>
> It seems you have a wrong picture of (public key) cryptography. I would
> suggest to read some basic documents about the concepts if you are
> interested in technical details.
>
> Of course the keyserver just stores the *public* parts of the key.
> The secret key _should_ never leave your machine/smartcard/disk.
>
>
> > 3. if passphrase ( bits making the passphrase ) is not part of the
> private
> > key where is it stored and in what format.?
>
> RFC2440 describes the procedure to convert a "string=passphrase" to a
> key (S2K).
>
>
> Sorry that I can give you a more detailed answer,
>
> Timo
> _______________________________________________
> Winpt-users mailing list
> Winpt-users at wald.intevation.org
> http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/winpt-users
>



-- 
God is Great
VINEET MADAN
emailid: vineet1408 at gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/winpt-users/attachments/20061203/7af86f55/attachment.html