Feature request for future versions of gnupg, windows
version.
Per Tunedal
pt@radvis.nu
Wed Nov 27 10:53:01 2002
Hi,
I agree. But it's easier with a small USB-device. Any flash-memory device
will do. I prefer the ones that doesn't need any special drivers on
WindowsXP and Windows 2000. CompactFlash-cards and a small USB CF-reader
will work as well.
But I would like to have casual keys on disk for casual encryption and
other keys on an external media. How to manage that?
Per Tunedal
At 14:09 2002-11-25 -0800, you wrote:
>In *nix each user does have his own directory under /home.
>All they need do is have rights to execute the master copy of GPG.
>The windows people would however be out of luck unless they had their own
>keys etc on CD then each office computer could simply be configured to
>have GPG look to the CD for keyrings etc. this further allows users to
>move from one machine to another in whatever location as long as there is
>a universal setup.
>
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>On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:31:03 +0100 Per Tunedal <pt@radvis.nu> writes:
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>>Hi again,
>>I found that Gustavo Vasconcelos has sent a similar idea to
>>WinPTusers:
>>
>>"I was thinking about another
>>change in directory structure, like placing the Keyring files in
>>C:\Documents and Settings\{User}\Application data\GnuPG\Keyrings, and
>>point the keyrings at %HOMEPATH%\Application data\GnuPG\Keyrings. So
>>every user in the machine would have its own keyring without confusing
>>GnuPG."
>>
>>Yours,
>>Per Tunedal
>>
>>Hi,
>>I would like to use two instances of GPG simultaneously:
>>* one for casual encryption/verifying with the keyrings on the
>>harddisk.
>>* one for mor important uses with the keyrings on an external media.
>>Per Tunedal
>>
>> At 17:00 2002-11-08 -0800, you wrote:
>> >Borland Pascal & C long ago had a function which allowed a program
>>to
>> >find itself on disk and work with that information. I dont know if
>>GCC
>> >has such a function. Running off CD would be the best of all worlds
>>for
>> >GNUPG with a directory structure something like:
>> >
>> >/Keyrings
>> >/LinuxBinarys
>> >/LinuxFrontEnds
>> >/Win32Binarys
>> >/Win32FrontEnds
>> >/OtherSharedFiles
>> >
>> >
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>> >On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:46:29 -1000 "Booker" <booker@lava.net>
>>writes:
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>> >>Is it possible to code future versions of gnupg to not require
>>having
>> >>a =
>> >>registry setting or environmental path for it? I would like to
>>keep
>> >>my =
>> >>keys on a business card cdrom or on one of them fancy usb drives
>>that
>> >>=
>> >>are miniature in size that it fits on your key chain?
>> >>=20
>> >>I currently do kept gnupg on a business card cd with my keys on it
>>so
>> >>=
>> >>that I can move from desk to desk in the office and bring it home
>>as =
>> >>well. I like to do this because I don't have to have my keys
>> >>scattered =
>> >>all over the office. Whenever I do need to add a key or make a new
>> >>key =
>> >>I do it at home and burn a new cd. For now, on the machines in the
>>=
>> >>office I just set the path in the registry or environment path to
>>the
>> >>=
>> >>cdrom.
>> >>=20
>> >>Are there insurmountable limitations to gnupg that requires it to
>>know
>> >>=
>> >>it's path or have it's path in the windows registry? If all keys
>> >>public =
>> >>and private were kept in the same directory wouldn't that be
>> >>sufficient? =
>> >> I.e. program gnupg to first look in it's current directory for
>>it's =
>> >>required files, then look into the environment path and then
>>registry?
>> >>=20
>> >>Well it's just a suggestion, TTFN!
>> >>=20
>> >>Mahalo,
>> >>Booker
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