From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 16 09:05:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83FE3942 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:05:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from eu1sys200aog116.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog116.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.141]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D36ED298D for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob116.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUg3rIxl4maW5UrdbnREuWNRcSUKYmEis@postini.com; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:05:00 UTC Received: by mail-wi0-f169.google.com with SMTP id f14so1280334wiw.0 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:04:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:cc :reply-to:in-reply-to; bh=fxD1Cq56jEBxXC5QEPssiuQqN6UoT9Z+0KA6OdWLVKw=; b=knm9MfDZJmwDGF+5l4gJZXKaTiN50TNcfbbMjzFwN+GIFGr5ohFL6HafGhmdZ0Ooxp dpIa9VzK243da48hp/4mkdr/uuqdrGmBOE1GAuezLcFRl/oAEI1f7PKiYEpCGQo404kS H3vwbzxLzSus9VYt+wKYu+u+57TUNmGB6OZTqp/I8FpVTMKOz0WKicnDFqS30iC9HPu4 w+fQPzbojov3Voa1C5BxPwwhX3PjYNMS/eBlF7LInR/k31eCpIiwVG0Ha0RQy2m1phnL pSUlCh7JfwGmy2UI5Z35yohTytOUiIBFBtJvrGRSdT0zPH7s+Xwo6OXJ9ybnV1XGhW4n 4I6A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlAOR1qFFC8KJBPRpsn6GOLb4z2t8eE9d9PZdSzHY9Hbp1alxNBfvEmt4nqrcO5lZwBhAeNblwiPshokiKg2C0Em0TQQsRjF4sk2kyQqaozZW7DbHfQ0WRbjdDaMXLF3tjVQLu7fazdbohnrpgrf01T7f/cLFoiKDKKfTdSKwIlOZuipmIfYdqBOVE+CnK61y0Icztm X-Received: by 10.180.182.68 with SMTP id ec4mr4407823wic.40.1376643869774; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:04:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.182.68 with SMTP id ec4mr4407820wic.40.1376643869701; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.187.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id li9sm6780029wic.2.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:04:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Anton Shterenlikht Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r7G94Q9U060992 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:04:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6/Submit) id r7G94QNZ060991; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:04:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:04:26 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201308160904.r7G94QNZ060991@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: cpghost@cordula.ws, mexas@bris.ac.uk Subject: Re: where to start with PGP/GPG? In-Reply-To: <520D1E6F.5070804@cordula.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:05:01 -0000 >From cpghost@cordula.ws Thu Aug 15 20:20:49 2013 > >On 08/15/13 14:16, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> I never needed to use pgp till now. >> So I'm not sure where to start. >> Is security/gnupg the way to go? >> Any other advice? > >security/gnupg + security/pinentry is the way to go. I wonder if pinentry should be made a required port for gnupg. This is because "gpg2 --gen-keys" refuses to run unless pinentry is installed. Perhaps this is up the maintaniner, but to me this sounds like a requirement. Anton