Re: Encrypting email

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Oh, heh - sorry.

Adam

Jim Gribbin wrote:

> I know I can do it from the command line. The object of the
> exercise is to get Enigmail's tools figured out.
>
> Setting trust and signing keys are separate options, I can only
> assume they are different things. It looks to me that when you sign
> a key you set a trust value, but the trust value can be changed
> separately. I'm not sure you can set trust on a key that hasn't
> been signed. But I won't know until I get some other stuff working.
>
>
> Jim
>
> Adam bultman wrote:
>
>> I have 1.4.1 on ubuntu. When I do it from the command line, I
>> have two options for signing keys:
>>
>> --sign-key sign a key --lsign-key
>> sign a key locally
>>
>>
>> "setting trust" I thnk is the same thing as signing a key - try
>> that.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> Jim Gribbin wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, yeah. I couldn't set "key trust" among other things except
>>> with gpg at the command line. Apparently had to do with my old
>>> version of gpg.
>>
>>> Jim
>>
>>> Damien Hull wrote:
>>
>>>> I did something to set Adam's key as "trusted". If you right
>>>> click on a key you should see a list of options. One is "set
>>>> key trust".
>>>>
>>>> Oh, I did get Adam's key using the command line tools. I used
>>>> the MIT server. Can't remember how I did the search but it
>>>> gave me a short list of "Adam's". I didn't do anything with
>>>> that though.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure why the command line tools work but Enigmail
>>>> can't get the key. You should be able to search using the key
>>>> ID and get the key you're looking for.
>>>>
>>>> If we are having this much trouble there's no way the average
>>>> user is going to encrypt email.
>>>>
>>>> I can see a business using it. You would have to train all
>>>> the users but it could be done.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Gribbin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Adam's, I had no problem with. I got it from the German
>>>>> keyserver I mentioned. The keyserver you used, I had to
>>>>> download your key as an ASCII file and import it from
>>>>> there. Joshua Kluger sent me his key in an email. Had no
>>>>> problem importing it, but couldn't sign it.
>>>>
>>>>> Have you been able to sign or set trust levels using
>>>>> Enigmail's tools on the Linux side? The only way I could do
>>>>> it was use GnuPGs command line tools. couldn't find
>>>>> anything in the Enigmail docs or forums either. Guess I'll
>>>>> have to post something asking.
>>>>
>>>>> Less than useful for Joe Average end user.
>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>> Damien Hull wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> I can't get it working on Linux. I'm on FC3. I put the
>>>>>> MIT server in my list but I couldn't get Adam's PGP key.
>>>>>> I had to download it and import it manually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've also had some trouble checking Adam's email. It once
>>>>>> told me his email was bad. Something about the PGP key
>>>>>> or sign or something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looks like they have some work to do on securing email.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim Gribbin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the message I accidentally sent encrypted
>>>>>>> yesterday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been doing some playing around with OpenPGP using
>>>>>>> Enigmail w/ Thunderbird on W2K.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't seem to get it all working correctly. It won't
>>>>>>> let me sign any keys using Enigmail's tools. I can sign
>>>>>>> them using gnupg's command line tools.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It also won't let me send or receive keys at the Key
>>>>>>> Server you're using, but it will let me from at least
>>>>>>> one other. random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de. The only
>>>>>>> way I could get your key was to download it and import
>>>>>>> it manually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm also noticing that just signing kills html mail.
>>>>>>> Not that that bothers me so much, but a lot of people
>>>>>>> like using html mail. It will make it harder to get the
>>>>>>> general public using it. I'm not sure I could ever get
>>>>>>> my sisters to give up the background wallpaper on their
>>>>>>> email.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim Gribbin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Damien Hull wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We were talking about email security at the meeting
>>>>>>>> last night. I'm trying to setup pgp with Thunderbird.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. I have a public and private key 2. It's only set
>>>>>>>> to last 6 months 3. I put the public key on a key
>>>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I had know idea what a key server was until I started
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>
>>>> project. You
>>>>
>>>>>>>> don't have to use a key server but they seem like a
>>>>>>>> good thing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You put your public key on the key server for others
>>>>>>>> to look up. This email has my digital signature. You
>>>>>>>> can check if it's really me by getting my pgp key
>>>>>>>> from the key server.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I won't know if this works until someone tries to
>>>>>>>> verify my email.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I used the following information to setup pgp in
>>>>>>>> Thunderbird.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1557216
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- You can get my public PGP key at
>>>>>> https://keyserver.pgp.com
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- You can get my public PGP key at https://keyserver.pgp.com
>>>>
>>
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