Key is marked INSECURE!

[David R. Bergstein]

Porus,

That is excellent.  I am glad I could help you.  Having the source code is a
very good friend in circumstances like this one.  I have read about the need
for EGD on certain non-linux platforms so it's great to hear that solved the
issue for you.

Regards,

- David

David R. Bergstein
Systems Engineer and Blues Musician -
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dbergstein/
Heart of Blue - bookings on-line at http://www.heartofblue.com
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: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 6:07 PM
> To: 'gnupg-users@gnupg.org'
> Subject: RE: Key is marked INSECURE!
>
>
> 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 -
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dbergstein/
> Heart of Blue - bookings on-line at http://www.heartofblue.com
> 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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