Key is marked INSECURE!

[Porus Lakdawala]

This really helped. I am running on an SGI IRIX box and do not have
/dev/random. Instead, I installed EGD (the Entropy Gathering Demon) and
asked GPG to use it. The new key I generated is not marked INSECURE!

Thanks David!

Porus

-----Original Message-----
From: David R. Bergstein [mailto:dbergstein@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:00 PM
To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
Subject: RE: Key is marked INSECURE!


This code from g10/keygen.c may help pinpoint the issue:

/* append a warning if we do not have dev/random
 * or it is switched into  quick testmode */
if( quick_random_gen(-1) )
    strcpy(p, " (INSECURE!)" );

David R. Bergstein
Systems Engineer and Blues Musician -
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OpenPGP Public Key 0xE1F138CA - For info see http://www.gnupg.org
Key fingerprint = C86E CA2A 4171 AC73 91D7  3DCE 8832 D764 E1F1 38CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnupg-users-admin@gnupg.org [mailto:gnupg-users-admin@gnupg.org]On
> Behalf Of Porus Lakdawala
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:05 PM
> To: 'gnupg-users@gnupg.org'
> Subject: Key is marked INSECURE!
>
>
> I just started working with GnuPG. Everything works fine. Its
> just that the
> keys I generate are marked INSECURE!
>
> porus 508% gpg --list-keys
> /usr/people/porus/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
> ------------------------------------
> pub  1024D/FF441205 2002-06-20 Porus Lakdawala (GPG Key) <porus@sgi.com>
> (INSECURE!)
> sub  1024g/E71F077E 2002-06-20
>
> I ploughed through the guide, the man pages and the FAQ, but
> could not find
> it mentioned anywhere.
> What is the reason for this?
>
> Would really appreciate any pointers on this.
>
> I am working with v 1.0.7 if that is of any relevance.
>
> Thanks a ton in advance.
>
> Porus Lakdawala
>
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