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Feb 19 2024

Angel added a comment to T5444: "gpg: key generation failed: Unknown elliptic curve" from "Key-Type: default".

Interesting. So the problem is not actually the Key-Type, but that the default key-type requires a Key-Curve parameter which has no value by default

Feb 19 2024, 2:15 AM · gnupg24, gnupg (gpg23)

Feb 7 2024

Angel added a comment to T6975: The option --default-key gives up too early if there are multiple matches.

Ingo, I concede it might be considered a bug on Request Tracker that it does not allow to specify the key as a fingerprint (or calculates it automatically from the email instead of relying on gpg doing it), but you generally want to keep expired keys around for decryption.

Feb 7 2024, 3:29 AM · Feature Request, gnupg

Feb 6 2024

Angel reopened T6975: The option --default-key gives up too early if there are multiple matches as "Open".

Sorry, Werner, but I have to disagree on this. Specifying them by fingerprint only works if you have a specific field for the key (including the case where you are just it on the config file).

Feb 6 2024, 3:17 AM · Feature Request, gnupg

Feb 5 2024

Angel added a comment to T6973: uninitialized err on p12_parse.

Feb 5 2024, 4:54 AM · gnupg
Angel added a comment to T6946: gpgv: Help automatic reject too short keys.

Do note there could be subkeys as well.

Feb 5 2024, 1:59 AM · gnupg24 (gnupg-2.4.5), Feature Request, gpgv
Angel created T6975: The option --default-key gives up too early if there are multiple matches.
Feb 5 2024, 1:26 AM · Feature Request, gnupg
Angel added a comment to T6974: Bump requisites on 2.2.x.

Feb 5 2024, 12:51 AM · gnupg
Angel created T6974: Bump requisites on 2.2.x.
Feb 5 2024, 12:49 AM · gnupg
Angel created T6973: uninitialized err on p12_parse.
Feb 5 2024, 12:40 AM · gnupg

Feb 4 2024

Angel added a comment to T5444: "gpg: key generation failed: Unknown elliptic curve" from "Key-Type: default".

I recently stumbled upon this as well.

Feb 4 2024, 11:59 PM · gnupg24, gnupg (gpg23)
Angel added a comment to T6972: Explicitly deprecate --use-embedded-filename -- it is hazardous.

I agree. Any automatic use of the embedded filename will be potentially problematic security-wise. The only safe use is probably as a value in an interactive dialog, and even then, only if the user doesn't accept a dangerous value.

Feb 4 2024, 11:51 PM · Documentation, gnupg, patch
Angel merged T2759: Misleading error message when trying to sign with an expired key into T4704: Wrong error message when key is expired.
Feb 4 2024, 3:55 AM · gnupg24 (gnupg-2.4.4), UI, Bug Report
Angel merged task T2759: Misleading error message when trying to sign with an expired key into T4704: Wrong error message when key is expired.
Feb 4 2024, 3:55 AM · Bug Report, gnupg
Angel added a comment to T2759: Misleading error message when trying to sign with an expired key.

This was reported again 3 years later as T4704, and finally fixed in gnupg-2.4.4, released last week.

Feb 4 2024, 3:55 AM · Bug Report, gnupg

May 23 2023

Angel added a comment to T6501: Check use of write in gpgme's Python bindings.

it's not hard to fix that header to actually provide a sensible write(), avoiding the issue listed on the mailing list, where there was no return to check:

May 23 2023, 3:04 AM · Python, Bug Report, gpgme

May 3 2023

Angel added a comment to T6473: Kleopatra: "Change Validity" does ignore the option "Also update the validity period of the subkeys".

Option #1 is good from a descriptional POV, but in most cases both the main key and the subkeys will be expired, so it would end up not updating any subkey.

May 3 2023, 5:06 AM · kleopatra, Restricted Project
Angel updated the task description for T6477: WKD redirects and dirmngr redirect rewriting.
May 3 2023, 4:53 AM · gnupg24 (gnupg-2.4.3), wkd, dirmngr
Angel created T6477: WKD redirects and dirmngr redirect rewriting.
May 3 2023, 4:50 AM · gnupg24 (gnupg-2.4.3), wkd, dirmngr

Apr 12 2021

Angel added a comment to T5367: PDF signed with --clearsign has image distorted..

The surprising thing is that it works at all. I wouldn't be surprised if certain would simply reject it as "not a pdf" given that the "%PDF-1.x" marker isn't at the beginning.

Apr 12 2021, 2:40 AM · Not A Bug, FAQ
Angel created T5391: Website FAQ missing charset.
Apr 12 2021, 2:14 AM · gpgweb, FAQ
Angel added a comment to T3053: Change license for the website to CC BY-SA 4.0.

It may be preferable to get that under 4.0 or later, so you don't need to contact every contributor again if in some years there is intention to switch to a newer version released by Creative Commons.

Apr 12 2021, 2:12 AM · Stalled, Verein, legal, gpgweb
Angel added a watcher for FAQ: Angel.
Apr 12 2021, 1:52 AM

Mar 7 2021

Angel added a comment to T5323: adduid and key expiration oddity in gpg-wks-client.

Maybe have gpg-wks-client(or also --export-filter) print a warning if the filtered result has a key expiration different than the original key? That seems the simplest way tp approach the problem.

Mar 7 2021, 11:32 PM · gnupg24, Bug Report, wkd

Dec 8 2020

Angel added a comment to T5162: Import problem due to disabled brainpool curves.

I would add "Provide a verbose message of why the key cannot be imported".

Dec 8 2020, 11:06 PM · Bug Report, libgcrypt, gnupg (gpg22)

Jun 2 2020

Angel created T4965: GnuPG dependency of libgpg-error and GPG_ERR_WRONG_NAME.
Jun 2 2020, 3:22 AM · gnupg, Bug Report

Jun 1 2020

Angel created T4963: Update GnuPG versions listed on https://git.gnupg.org/.
Jun 1 2020, 3:21 AM · gpgweb, Bug Report
Angel added a project to T4962: ntbTLS configure dependencies: ntbtls.
Jun 1 2020, 3:10 AM · ntbtls, Bug Report
Angel created T4962: ntbTLS configure dependencies.
Jun 1 2020, 3:04 AM · ntbtls, Bug Report
Angel added a comment to T4953: Some email recipients respond with: hey, why did you send me an empty mail...?.

Are they actually zero-byte mails, or is the content mungled as an attachment? (which those replying probably overlooked, and would still be hard to interpret, as it would containe MIME parts)

Jun 1 2020, 2:53 AM · gpgol, Bug Report, gpg4win

Feb 4 2020

Angel created T4836: GpgOL sometimes modifying email messages stored in the server.
Feb 4 2020, 12:29 AM · gpgol, Bug Report
Angel renamed T4785: GpgOL: "You have changed a copy of this Element" message in Outlook for S/MIME mails from GpgOL: "You have changed a copy of this Element" message in Outlook for S/MIME maisl to GpgOL: "You have changed a copy of this Element" message in Outlook for S/MIME mails.
Feb 4 2020, 12:05 AM · g10code, gpgol