Wyllys, I just downloaded your app...thx!
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 9, 2011, at 6:01 AM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Wyllys: > > Thank you for sending a message to this list. I'm the one who commented > about not being able to import an existing private key. I must have missed > that and it's great news. > > Thank you again for your efforts and communication. > > John > > From: Wyllys Ingersoll <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2011 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: [gpgtools-users] How do you handle encrypted email on iOS > devices? > > > Hello, nice to see some discussion of iPGMail here. I appreciate the input > from those of you who have contacted me directly with questions and problems. > It seems to be stabilizing as I've seen fewer complaints and more downloads > recently :) I purposely chose a low price for this app in hopes of getting > greater adoption and more feedback from users. > > > Concerning the ipgmail, its seems likely if you use 'PhoneView' or the > > like, to access the phone as a USB > > device, you can see in the app a 'Documents' directory and inside another > > directory called 'Inbox' where keys > > are stored and a file called Keys.sqlite which is written in format 3 and I > > suppose is directly editable in some > > app I don't seem to have, to suite your directly added keys. (All advice > > welcome and I will test) > > No, Keys.sqlite is just the database that holds the key metadata, it does not > contain raw key data. Raw key data is securely stored in the apps keychain > which is not be accessible. > > I will investigate using the iOS document APIs to see if one can pick up keys > directly from the Documents directory for the app so you could use something > like PhoneView or another tool to directly copy the private keys. Private > key data is password protected, so if your password is strong enough, it is > fairly safe to send them over the internet. If you chose a weak password, > then obviously, you assume the risk :) > > Also, someone mentioned earlier that iPGMail cannot import private keys, that > is no longer true as of version 1.03. It can import RSA keys from the > clipboard or directly from a mail attachment. > > The reason DSA keys are not supported so far is that DSA keys are not > supported by > Apple's crypto APIs or keychain services. I'm working on adding support for > public DSA keys soon. Not sure about private DSA keys, that will probably > have to wait a bit until I figure out how to securely store the keydata > outside of the keychain. > > -Will > http://www.ipgmail.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gpgtools-users mailing list > [email protected] > FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html > Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users > Unsubscribe: > http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 > > This email sent to: [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > gpgtools-users mailing list > [email protected] > FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html > Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users > Unsubscribe: > http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 > > This email sent to: [email protected]
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