gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x5744d100.hantslug.org.uk.9656': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Thu Apr 10 19:36:40 2008 BST
gpg: using DSA key 2FF22CF403F94B5D
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:39:25PM +0100, The Holy ettlz wrote:
> > > From distant memory, DH key exchange also manages to have some
> > > protection against man-in-the-middle attacks (but I could be wrong
> > > about that -- my crypto books are at home).
> >
> > I think is because DH can also be used for digital signatures (e.g.,
> > compute message hash, sender *DE*crypts that using their private key,
> > receiver uses sender's public key to encrypt this and check the hash).
>
> That doesn't make sense in the context of D-H. I think you are
> confusing it with RSA where decryption and signing are the same
> mathematical operation.
Thanks for clearing that up [...reads Wikipedia...]
James
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