My Conclusions

[david at gbenet.com]

On 14/11/14 11:34, Nicholas Cole wrote:
> David,
> 
> I'm sorry you are having problems, but I think this is just nonsense.
> Of course people move keys between machines all the time.  I have done
> it myself often.  I don't think that anyone deserves that level of
> abuse -- certainly not someone who has put years of work into a
> program that is an industry standard and released it for free.
> 
> Nicholas
> 
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:42 AM, david at gbenet.com <david at gbenet.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> After spending 62 hours on what I thought would be a simple task namely to get a fully
>> functioning gnupg mirror on my 64 bit Linux system - I realise this is an impossible task to
>> do. In the past I've ended up creating a new set of certificates - but this time round I
>> thought that I would apply some effort.
>>
>> My conclusion is It IS Impossible To Transfer Your Keys From The Same O/S To Another Machine.
>>
>> There is no one in the entire universe that has ever attempted it. And if they have THEY
>> HAVE FAILED. Not one person on this list knows how to do it successfully. No one. NOT ONE OF
>> YOU can transfer a mirror image of your .gnupg folder and expect it to work.
>>
>> This tells me what I have long suspected - yes it's good at encryption and signing but the
>> programme is fundamentally flawed as to make it utter crap. My keys are PERFECT but the
>> software is CRAP. Werner Koch knows it's crap. Every one knows it's crap.
>>
>> So, If I want to go on signing and encrypting my emails I HAVE TO CREATE ANOTHER SET A
>> BLOODY KEYS!!!!!!!!
>>
>> I am not a happy bunny!!!
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>>
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I have done everything correctly - and my conclusions are still the same NO ONE HAS EVER
SUCCESSFULLY MADE A MIRROR COPY OF THEIR .GNUPG AND HAD A FULLY 100 PER CENT WORKING SIGNING
AND ENCRYPTION PROGRAMME THAT WORKS.

THERE IS NO CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FROM ANYONE - SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEVER EVER DONE IT.

David


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kind.Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No
delusion.” https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html - http://gbenet.com