PGP Corp.

[eric]

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derek, if you say pgp 8 and gnupgp 1.2.x are compatible (for particular 
algorithms), i'll take your word for it.  i've read your other posts and 
have learned quite alot.  the gui for pgp had several algorithms you 
could choose from.  aes, cast, tripledes, idea, twofish, dh, rss, a 
whole alphabet soup of confusion for me.  i cant remember for sure as 
i've already removed the program and installed gnupg and windows privacy 
tray (a pgp like gui that works pretty well, yes!).  i'm too much of a 
noob to say they don't play together as i might not have had my end 
configured correctly.

"are you sure you have Bill's key to verify his signature?"  -  do you 
mean...
key as in "public key contains a composite number made from two large 
prime factors"
signature like "-BEGIN PGP 
SIGNATURE-...iD8DBQE/X+VbugnqrmbF6SQRAj2VAJ4/5gmSFvwUgNojNPD/6EGTnhPOZACdHK1s..."
verify is the word that seems tricky in your question, 'cause i'm just 
not 100% sure.  this is what i did (don't laugh i'm a noob);  i copied 
his email to notepad and clicked verify on the pgp corp gui.  the app 
appeared to connect to a pgp corp server and automatically added his key 
to my keyring.  it was the first time i ever did it and now i had two 
keys.  mine and bill's.  or so it seems.  i think its true because it 
seemed i had more information about bill that i did before (all i had 
was his signature right, now i have a full name and expiration dates).  
so i think i recieved his signature via email and the pgp corp app 
downloaded his public key from their server.  the reason i thought that 
maybe pgp and gnupg don't play together is that when i tried to have 
others get my key to validate my signature they encountered 
difficulties.  maybe i used some propriatary function not available to 
them?  could i have chosen other algorithims to use that are available 
to them from the pgp configuration screen?  i'm not sure.  i think i'll 
set up one of my computers with pgp and another with gnupg and play with 
them this weekend.  (my girlfriend permitting.)  it would be useful to 
know how they can work together.  thanks for responding to my email, as 
it has got me a little excited over learning how this stuff works.  a 
new toy!  -eric.


Derek Atkins wrote:

 >Well, GnuPG-1.0.7 isn't completely OpenPGP compatible, either.
 >I can guarantee you that PGP 8 and GnuPG 1.2.x are compatible
 >if you use openpgp-mandated algorithms.  For example, are you
 >sure you have Bill's key to verify his signature?
 >
 >I will admit that MUA integration is a different matter.
 >
 >-derek
 >
 >eric <superuser at eloder.com> writes:
 >
 >>well, i guess pgp corp and gnupg don't play together.  i'll switch to
 >>gnupg.  there are some front ends that might make life easier for the
 >>noob.  thanks for the help.  eric.
 >>
 >>Bill Horne wrote:
 >>
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 >>>- ----- Original Message -----
 >>>From: "eric" <superuser at eloder.com>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>>hello big dogs, it is the supernoob again.  i remember hearing that
 >>>>PGP Corp products and GnuPG didn't like to play together.  i already
 >>>>have PGP 8.0.2 on my wintel box (i really like the gui and other
 >>>>toys) .  will this version work with GnuPG?  they say they're
 >>>>compliant with some open pgp standard, but don't say whether it
 >>>>works.  thanks for any suggestions.
 >>>>
 >>>Well, let's do a little test. This email was signed with GPG 1.0.7.
 >>>
 >>>If your PGP software can validate the signature, I'd bet that they're
 >>>compatible.
 >>>
 >>>HTH.
 >>>
 >>>Bill Horne
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 >
 >
 >
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