From: Wes Perkhiser Area: Public Key Encryption To: Ron Pritchett 23 Sep 94 02:30:14 Subject: Key Change? UpdReq In a message of , Ron Pritchett (1:376/74@fidonet.org) writes: RP>I just added a new User ID to my trusty old key & was wondering RP>it RP>that would cause problems if someone happened to encode something RP>on my "old" public key.... No problem at all. Your new User ID was just tacked on to the "old" public key anyway. PGP can't even tell which User ID the sender picked for encryption. Wes --- msged 2.05 # Origin: Perk's 'Puter, Omaha (1:285/1.20@fidonet.org) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Peter Tan Area: Public Key Encryption To: Frits Spieker 17 Sep 94 13:53:10 Subject: Pgp 2.6.1 Hatched UpdReq -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Frits Spieker said to Christopher Baker (14 Sep 94 00:19): FS> Besides, if these files may not be exported outside the US, how do you FS> handle Canadian freqs? The point is moot, methinks. It's already here in Zone 6.. ;-) _____ |____) - PGP 2.6 public key available! |eter - FREQ "PETER.KEY" from 6:600/403 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 Comment: peter.tan%elite%oconn@csah.com iQCVAwUBLnqEV3R8S6dJmEqdAQHeBAP/cm8WQCUo/YpqWwjfimNzaIsBHJWkZX3+ 5A9Shi3j1BbWMltnhJNsEXwtD6ndBV/eLHrcXXHCZEz0jb7YM3bbV08KElxxeJD0 2FPMtlabU56ZPvUu8cPRsUmFefNx6QtMUy9kB5BP6HTMAvY2UgDQcAM9mFpXuAVv 8f9IQJ7p/so= =hyus -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ... Save our virgin forests - buy a tree a chastity belt. --- RemoteAccess 2.02+ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' # Origin: DSC BBS * Ivyland, PA * 215-443-7390 * 6,000 SIGS! * (1:273/203) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Edwin Teh Area: Public Key Encryption To: Jim Warren 21 Sep 94 00:47:10 Subject: Armored & Zipped Unencryp UpdReq > PGP -a SOURCE.EXE > makes UN compressed UN encrypted files totaling MORE bytes than > SOURCE.EXE It _does_ compress the file - just not as well as you wish it would. Add a "compress = off" into your CONFIG.TXT and find that SOURCE.ASC will be _larger_ than what you did earlier on... The reason is simple - you're translating it into a '7-bit' enviroment, capable of being squeezed down an email channel - that's what makes the file bigger. (eg something like 3 8-bit chars = 4 7-bit chars thus a dramatic of possibly over 20% increase in size). The above command line (PGP -a ) simply Radix-64's the file, similar to UUENCODing it, but a little more efficent than UUENCODE itself... 73s! --- Maximus/2 2.01wb --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' # Origin: DSC BBS * Ivyland, PA * 215-443-7390 * 6,000 SIGS! * (1:273/203) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Leroy Ang Area: Public Key Encryption To: John Schofield 23 Sep 94 01:24:10 Subject: New To Pgp UpdReq JS| LA> Do you mind teaching me how to use PGP with BlueWave? I tried using JS| JS| I use EZ-PGP a program I wrote to allow signing and/or encrypting of e-mail JS| posting of keys, etc. It seems quite popular, but it does not support JS| decrypting or checking signatures. JS| JS| PGPBLUE is another good program--it works only with Bluewave, where EZ-PGP Not available on myy side yet. :( JS| EZ-PGP is free for everyone to use, while PGPBLUE costs $10 to register. Hmmm...Hope some one can bring those s/w in here. JS| You should probably download both, and see which suits you best. It's a ve JS| personal choice. JS| You can download them both on the first call at the Sprawl BBS (818) 342-51 Hmm..Overseas call...That's too expensive for me. Anyway, thanks for the info. :) BTW, do you think it's safe to xchange public keys through such PGP conf.? ___ X JABBER v1.2 X Look its a babble fish: ><> o..<>< ><>.o --- Maximus/2 2.01wb --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' # Origin: DSC BBS * Ivyland, PA * 215-443-7390 * 6,000 SIGS! * (1:273/203) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Leroy Ang Area: Public Key Encryption To: Bill Bishop 23 Sep 94 01:29:10 Subject: New To Pgp UpdReq BB| LA> Do you mind teaching me how to use PGP with BlueWave? I tried using BB| LA> batch files to sign my mails but not very successful and my knowledge BB| LA> on batch programming is very limited. So can you help suggest any BB| LA> solution? BB| BB| Why don't you freq PGPBLU30 from FIDO 366/515. It's a seamless interface BB| with auto-decryption and a real neat program. Also a version for O/S 2. Only those who have FidoNet addr. can FREQ files right? Well i don't have one so *Boom!* :( I like PGP. Now i can leave my source codes in my school lab, encrypted, and don't have to worry others copying my projects. There was once i left codes in the lab and the next few days, it spread like hell in school! As it's for my programming project, and originality counts, i had to re-code everything again and had to crack my head for more features to incorporate into my project to make it look more "original". Just imagine the time wasted. I can hand in my project anytime already if not for this incident. Anyway, the problem is solved! At least temporary for the time being. Thanks to PGP and the great guy who code it! :) ___ X JABBER v1.2 X The JABBER crisis: "But it worked in Beta testing!" --- Maximus/2 2.01wb --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' # Origin: DSC BBS * Ivyland, PA * 215-443-7390 * 6,000 SIGS! * (1:273/203) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Leroy Ang Area: Public Key Encryption To: Shawn K. Quinn 23 Sep 94 01:39:10 Subject: New To Pgp UpdReq SK| JS> PGPBLUE is another good program--it works only with Bluewave, where SK| JS> EZ-PGP works with any off-line mail-reader. PGPBLUE is much more SK| JS> popular with Bluewave users than EZ-PGP is. However, I just tested ou SK| JS> the latest version, and found many problems with it--I couldn't get al SK| JS> features to work right. SK| JS> EZ-PGP is free for everyone to use, while PGPBLUE costs $10 to SK| JS> register. SK| JS> You should probably download both, and see which suits you best. It's SK| JS> a very personal choice. SK| SK| But in the end, if you're anything like I am, you'll recognize how good a SK| programmer John is, and end up using EZ-PGP. It's simple, yet very handy. I SK| could (almost) do the same thing with a set of macros for Boxer--in fact, I SK| almost tried it, but I quit after finding EZ-PGP. Is it really that good? Then i think i must "spend" a little to get it and try for myself. ___ X JABBER v1.2 X If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you --- Maximus/2 2.01wb --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' # Origin: DSC BBS * Ivyland, PA * 215-443-7390 * 6,000 SIGS! * (1:273/203) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Gary Mirkin Area: Public Key Encryption To: Jim Gorges 23 Sep 94 00:33:00 Subject: Keep Out Maillist UpdReq ::: On 09-21-94, JIM typed to JOHN, JG>John: There has been no response from the Expressnet listserver. Is JG>Keep-Out's mailing list active and operating? I received a response as well as the first issue via e-mail. Gary M. on LI 73223,402-CI$ baby.doc@pcinfo.com PGP key available --- * CMPQwk 1.4 #426 * Once you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.00h # Origin: PC INFO SYSTEM-Oyster Bay, Ny-516 922-5153 (1:2619/109.0) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: David Chessler Area: Public Key Encryption To: Brad Ems 21 Sep 94 20:45:00 Subject: Getting started w/pgp UpdReq On 09-18-94 (16:57), Brad Ems, in a message to All about "GETTING STARTED W/PGP", stated the following: BE>1: I have both PGP 2.3 and 2.6. I have learned that after a certain >date, PGP 2.6 will not work with keys generated by 2.3. Am I correct >in thinking this? No. Backwards. After 9/1/94, 2.3 will not read messages encrypted by 2.6. >2. I have a number of friends that have PGP and we'd like to begin using >it for private e-mail. Where is a good message clearing house where >we can post (if there is one)? The internet, or a local BBS with a compliant Sysop. I've got at least 2 local BBSs whose sysops don't object. >3. I have heard that give that MIT worked on PGP to legalize it in the >eyes of the Washington bureaucrats, it may not be entirely robust. Not the Bureaucrats, the patent holders. > has anyone any info on 2.6's integrity? All reports are that it is as strong as ever. No one who has looked at the code says otherwise. The only people who say it's weak are speculating, and just blowing smoke. >4. I have read and re-read the manuals that come with PGP, and I believe >I have a good idea of how it works and how to effectively use it, but >in reading the posts in this sub, I realize that I may not know as >much as I think. How much here is cryptographic finery that a bumpkin >like me does not need to know, and how much is critical stuff that >will have Janet Reno knocking on my door if I don't? Use 2.6, so Bidzos of Public Key Partners can't bother you, and no one else will. Most of what gets discussed here is minor detail, bug fixes, politics, or other issues that won't affect your private use of PGP for fun. ___ __ chessler@trinitydc.edu d_)--/d chessler@cap.gwu.edu * SLMR 2.1b * E-mail: ->132 1:109/459 david.chessler@neteast.com --- Squish v1.10 # Origin: NETWORK East (1:109/459) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Carl Hudkins Area: Public Key Encryption To: Christopher Baker 22 Sep 94 10:18:30 Subject: Key? What key? :) UpdReq On (20 Sep 94) Christopher Baker wrote to Carl Hudkins... CB> it was a signed msg and the key wasn't in my keyring. i thought i had CB> obtained your public-key but maybe i haven't. CB> did you ever get your Bossnode to make it available for freq? i may have CB> been waiting for that. I will ask him if he's up to trying that. He recently switched to PCBoard, so maybe he'll do it just to show off. When/if he decides to mess with PGP himself (I have petitioned him to join the SecureMail subset), he'll probably want to do so anyway. In the meantime, I posted my key to PKEY_DROP yesterday. carl Boca Chica, Florida carl.hudkins@lunatic.com RIME ->1282 PGP: 2D1E1E39 Fido: 1:124/2113; 1:135/808 ... TimeTag * "Can I get you something? A beverage?" --Data --- PPoint 1.86 # Origin: The Panopticon (1:135/808.1) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: jason carr Area: Public Key Encryption To: Jim Grubs, W8GRT 23 Sep 94 10:32:58 Subject: UUE messages UpdReq -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - --> Note: Reply to a message in PKEY_DROP. > I read somewhere that there is a util to sort keys on > yer ring... do you > know anything about it? JGW> I have it and don't use it. I tend to mistrust using JGW> anything but descending time sort, which is more or less JGW> what you started with. Is there a security risk involved? Or a risk of grunging the keyring or what? jason ... Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.61 Comment: PGP_ECHO: Encryption, sigs, and fun in D-FtW... iQCVAwUBLoMRf0jhGzlN9lCZAQFg0gP/TL2wUrYMgZf5MBLL3GrG3VrXCbO6eOtE MPCNqsp8CFDKvrT1fylCqsjlOD7/Mrco12CyOg4vCxKp/a8aUVHeKqJn5lYQ43UG K/3JvnqEOxMfG4VJiV9qTsSDsK0hWFrN4EhWaV/AFH/VbnnDB+Ekzp1bSghoop4j y7TlP+XQHsQ= =M+QK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- CALLQ.BAT / PGP 2.6ac / timEd 9 # Origin: FREQ JASONKEY.ASC 214.650.0382 (1:124/3208) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: Brad Ems Area: Public Key Encryption To: Alan Pugh 23 Sep 94 21:44:42 Subject: PGPointers UpdReq Thanks, Alan, and all others who answered my cry for help. I've regenerated my key pair with PGP 2.6 (a 1024 bit key) and have begun disseminating it amongst my friends. As for finding a securenet node, I'll keep looking. A couple of BBSs I log onto locally are a bit sheepish about providing an area for encrypted files to be up/downloaded lest Janet's Jackboot Revue make a goosestepping courtesy call. Libertarian ***** LEGALIZE FREEDOM ***** --- Maximus 2.01wb # Origin: Better safe than sorry [314.394.4295] (1:100/410) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201 From: John Nieder Area: Public Key Encryption To: Christopher Baker 23 Sep 94 15:43:08 Subject: Re: Who's This Ashworth? UpdReq -=> Quoting Christopher Baker to John Nieder <=- CB> please advise your friend to find the nearest SecureMail Routing Host CB> and send all his encrypted traffic there. it will be routed without CB> further incident. CB> freq SECUREML.ZIP for the SecureMail Routing docs and topography map. Not at all sure how one would do this (see prior message), but I'll take a look at the docs and pass them along to my friend. One problem in the initial dust-up was that the original person who had solicited PGPed mail from my friend was on a non-PGP node - according to Ashworth - but I am not sure about terminology here; is a"node" the individual BBS, or the next level up - the first grouping of local BBSs? Thanks for any clarification. --- Blue Wave/Opus v2.12 [NR] # Origin: BODY DHARMA * Berkeley CA 510/836-4717 Fidonet (1:125/33.0) * Origin: PODNet <-> FidoNet EchoGate! (93:9600/0.0) SEEN-BY: 107/946 147/1077 153/9125 259/212 382/7 640/217 3611/19 9600/0 SEEN-BY: 9608/0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694201