As promised the response the from the iPGMail developer:

> 1) the exported RSA keys, while being imported fine into the iPGMail app, the 
> also exported priv parts of the keys are not showing in the app, is that 
> supposed to be like that?


I dont understand your question.    Private keys don't contain any
extra information that needs to be displayed.  They just have the
private/secret key data (which is never displayed).


> 2) I have a lot of DSA keys, still in use, what sort of time scale, would you 
> imagine it may be before your great app can recognize them too?

I am working on it but I dont have an estimate yet, probably in about
3 or 4 weeks.  I have some business travel coming up and wont be able
to work on it as much.

thanks!
-Will

best,

rains
On 8 Jan 2011, at 1:32 PM, rains wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> I did the same, and found the same, but I did though manage to send myself an 
> encrypted email from the phone, using an imported test key pair I had sent 
> myself, so it could be that only iPhone/iPGMail generated keys with show 
> there.
> 
> I have written to the developer to ask, and I shall let us all know how they 
> respond.
> 
> As well, of great concern also is the requirement to actually email your 
> key-pair across the internet to get it in the device that in your hand!!! 
> throughout all security in doing do.
> 
> My advice would be the at least make sure you use mail server with SSL on 
> both IMAP/POP & SMTP to provide at least some form of protection to your 
> key-pairs.
> 
> Glad to see something that actually works and it can only get better eh :-)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> rains
> 
> 
> On 8 Jan 2011, at 1:21 PM, John Clark wrote:
> 
>> I use PGP for personal use, so I can't justify the cost of SecuMail.  I 
>> bought ipgmail, but it is lacking one serious piece:  you cannot import an 
>> existing secret key.  You can only generate new secret keys on the phone.  
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> From: Alexander Willner <[email protected]>
>> To: GPGTools User Discussion List <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 4:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [gpgtools-users] How do you handle encrypted email on iOS 
>> devices?
>> 
>> What about http://deuts.net/archives/2011/openpgp-for-iphone.html?
>> 
>> --
>> sent from my mobile phone,
>> please excuse my brevity
>> 
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