kmail doesn t sign/encrypt e-mails, broken pipe

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Tuesday 16 November 2004 00:28, Erik Wasser wrote:
> On Sunday 14 November 2004 23:41, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > A user ID connects a key and its owner. Usually it contains the key
> > owner's name and his email address. If a user ID is not self-signed
> > then it could have been added by anyone to the key. I think some
> > very old versions of PGP created user IDs without self-signature.
> > You have to ask the key owner to sign his user ID if you want to
> > use the key.
>
> I played a little bit with PGP810 for windows. This version can
> create three different versions of key pairs.
>
> 1) Diffie-Hellmann/DSS (standard)
> 2) RSA
> 3) RSA-Legacy
>
> The first two are no problem (I'm talking about importing the public
> key into GPG). But the third one is the problem here. It gives me the
> old error code:
>
> Secure memory is not locked into core
> gpg: NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION!
> gpg: It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be
> gpg: used in a production environment or with production keys!
> gpg: key 1DE27EF7: no valid user IDs
> gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg:           w/o user IDs: 1
>
> Is this is PGP or an GPG issue? Is this key just too legacy or is gpg
> just to new? Can I update the PGP key so it will have this user ID?

It's a flaw in the original specification. The key is just too legacy. 
To make gpg accept the key you just have to self-sign the user ID.

> The FAQ from GNUPG[1] says to GnuPG and RSA the following: "RSA is
> included as of GnuPG version 1.0.3." Does this yes-to-RSA-statement
> includes 'RSA-legacy' keys?

Yes.

Regards,
Ingo
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