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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: johnboygreen on December 14, 2012, 02:12 am

Title: GPA reads key BUT does not import key?
Post by: johnboygreen on December 14, 2012, 02:12 am

Ive imported 30 or so keys and the screen always says one key read and one key imported. Now for some reason im trying to import a key and it only reads it but does not import it. WTF?
I  went back and imported a different key and i had  no problem.
Any ideas?

Title: Re: GPA reads key BUT does not import key?
Post by: Leapfrogger on December 14, 2012, 08:14 am

Sounds like that key has already been imported. It's not showing up?

Title: Re: GPA reads key BUT does not import key?
Post by: johnboygreen on December 15, 2012, 12:12 am

I noticed that underneath where it says start pgp key it says HUSH version 3.0
I wonder if this is the reason it wont import to GPA?

Title: Re: GPA reads key BUT does not import key?
Post by: Nightcrawler on December 15, 2012, 12:50 am

Quote from: johnboygreen on December 15, 2012, 12:12 am

I noticed that underneath where it says start pgp key it says HUSH version 3.0
I wonder if this is the reason it wont import to GPA?

Where it says Hush 3.0 is just the version string. Hushmail-generated keys are fully interoperable with other keys generated by OpenPGP implementations. If they key is not importing, the key could be corrupted -- If that's the case, consider this your lucky day.

The fact that this key has a Hush version 3.0 version string tells me that it was generated by someone using a Hushmail account.

If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't just walk away, I'd RUN!  If you want to know why, just read the following clearnet articles:

 http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2007/11/secure-hushmail-can-still-talk-to-the-feds.ars

 http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai.html

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