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Re: GPG 2 and MD5

From Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.security.pgp.discuss
Subject Re: GPG 2 and MD5
Date 2016-03-28 20:42 +0100
Organization terraraq NNTP server
Message-ID <87k2km8k4v.fsf@mantic.terraraq.uk> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <op.xz10l7o4a3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <mlbfuq$bv1$2@news.albasani.net> <op.xz16ayhga3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <ndat45$p24$1@dont-email.me> <op.ye07efsxa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net>

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"David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> writes:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 05:22:13 -0400, otto <bggb@gmx.ch> wrote:
>> You may know -pgp2 option is no more in latest versions. Old pgp keys
>> are not accepted and will be removed. Thus breaking web of trust
>> completely.
>
> Ouch. I was not aware. I haven't kept up on the latest change logs. Still
> running 2.0.27 here.
> https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html#nopgp2

That seems to be announcing the abandonment of V3 keys.

> I'll have to keep a copy of the older version to be able to view messages
> that are only stored in encrypted form, that were encrypted for my older
> keys, or signed by other peoples older keys.
>
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> I have generated two new keys, 0xF05EA26D and 0x8AA76EE9. They are both
> signed with my older key, 0x98B013E0, but as you say, the web of trust
> will be broken as that key will no longer be usable.

98B013E0 is a V4 key, why do you think that will stop working?

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GPG 2 and MD5 Başar Alabay <alabay@gmx.net> - 2015-06-10 14:38 +0000
  Re: GPG 2 and MD5 "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-06-11 03:04 -0400
    Re: GPG 2 and MD5 Başar Alabay <alabay@gmx.net> - 2015-06-11 08:13 +0000
      Re: GPG 2 and MD5 "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-06-11 05:07 -0400
        Re: GPG 2 and MD5 Başar Alabay <alabay@gmx.net> - 2015-06-11 23:17 +0000
        Re: GPG 2 and MD5 otto <bggb@gmx.ch> - 2016-03-28 09:22 +0000
          Re: GPG 2 and MD5 "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2016-03-28 06:57 -0400
            Re: GPG 2 and MD5 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-03-28 20:42 +0100
              Re: GPG 2 and MD5 "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2016-03-28 19:56 -0400
                Re: GPG 2 and MD5 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-03-29 09:23 +0100
                Re: GPG 2 and MD5 Allan <allan_q@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-30 23:12 -0500

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