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gnupg sees no keys

Started byPeter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid>
First post2019-02-14 23:46 +0000
Last post2019-02-19 16:53 +0000
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  gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-14 23:46 +0000
    Re: gnupg sees no keys Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-14 16:07 -0800
      Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-15 00:19 +0000
        Re: gnupg sees no keys Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-14 16:58 -0800
          Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-15 01:25 +0000
        Re: gnupg sees no keys "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-14 20:01 -0500
          Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-15 01:36 +0000
            Re: gnupg sees no keys "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-14 22:28 -0500
              Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-15 17:37 +0000
    Re: gnupg sees no keys Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-02-15 00:27 +0000
      Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-15 00:41 +0000
        Re: gnupg sees no keys Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-02-15 11:22 +0000
          Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-15 17:26 +0000
            Re: gnupg sees no keys "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-15 12:42 -0500
              Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-15 21:08 +0000
                Re: gnupg sees no keys "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-15 16:30 -0500
                  Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-16 17:14 +0000
                Re: gnupg sees no keys "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-15 16:41 -0500
                  Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-16 17:08 +0000
                    Re: gnupg sees no keys "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-18 08:59 -0500
                      Re: gnupg sees no keys Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2019-02-19 16:33 +0000
                        Re: gnupg sees no keys "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-19 11:43 -0500
                        Re: gnupg sees no keys William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-19 16:53 +0000

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#54047

FromPeter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid>
Date2019-02-19 16:33 +0000
Message-ID<gd2pfmFb1dtU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#53905
On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:59:22 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:
[snip]
>
> $ gpg --list-keys 0x6B59467D
> pub   1024R/6B59467D 1993-08-15
> uid                  David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@ody.ca>
> uid                  David W. Hodgins

1024-bit public-key cryptography must have been as boring
as watching paint dry, back in 1993.

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#54049

From"David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2019-02-19 11:43 -0500
Message-ID<op.zxgwq7aaa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net>
In reply to#54047
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:33:58 -0500, Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:59:22 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> [snip]
>> $ gpg --list-keys 0x6B59467D
>> pub   1024R/6B59467D 1993-08-15
>> uid                  David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@ody.ca>
>> uid                  David W. Hodgins
>
> 1024-bit public-key cryptography must have been as boring
> as watching paint dry, back in 1993.

Everything was slow then. :-)

Generating a key took about 20 minutes, iirc. Still much better than
it would have been when I first started working with an ibm pc in 1980.
The very first one I used only had 16kb of ram, soon replaced by one
with 64kb. Two 160KB floppies, soon replaced by 180KB ones. No hard drives
till quite a bit later.

Regards, Dave Hodgins


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#54051

FromWilliam Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Date2019-02-19 16:53 +0000
Message-ID<q4hc9m$dam$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#54047
On 2019-02-19, Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:59:22 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> [snip]
>>
>> $ gpg --list-keys 0x6B59467D
>> pub   1024R/6B59467D 1993-08-15
>> uid                  David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@ody.ca>
>> uid                  David W. Hodgins
>
> 1024-bit public-key cryptography must have been as boring
> as watching paint dry, back in 1993.

Why? Key generation was a bit slow as you tapped the keyboard to
generate randomness, but you only did that once and encryption was via a
fast symmetric cypher (Idea?)
>

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