DOS ain't dead - GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS

GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS (Announce)

posted by rosegondon, C:\DOS, 10.05.2024, 19:10

> I posted gpg14c.zip which honors the RNG_DEVICE environment variable. If
> you set RNG_DEVICE=/dev/urandom$ then GnuPG will use that when it generates
> keys. This will guarantee that it never blocks on an empty entropy pool,
> but i will reiterate that the documentation warns against doing this.

Thank you, I will test it ASAP.

> From a crypto standpoint it would probably be better to explore the other
> entropy sources, which involve tweaking and rebuilding NOISE. I will look
> into that and also look into building your Turbo Pascal source code when i
> find the time. Thanks for the source code.

I have few ideas for totally new NOISE.SYS engine:
- Implement Schneier's Fortuna (it has very strong security guarantee).
- Implement HMAC-DRBG (much simpler implementation).
- Or hybrid of both schemes: https://www.cryptosys.net/rng_algorithms.html

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echo g=ffff:0|debug>nul

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GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 08.05.2024, 07:03 (Announce)
- GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 08.05.2024, 11:09
  - GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 08.05.2024, 16:48
    - GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 08.05.2024, 18:20
      - GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 08.05.2024, 22:19
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 05:18
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 09.05.2024, 12:48
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 16:32
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 09.05.2024, 17:11
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 19:30
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 09.05.2024, 21:08
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 23:32
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 10.05.2024, 19:10
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - RayeR, 14.05.2024, 20:49
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 14.05.2024, 22:36
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - RayeR, 14.05.2024, 23:55
        NSA is coming to get you (and your cat)! - Rugxulo, 15.05.2024, 06:21
        NSA is coming to get you (and your cat)! - rosegondon, 15.05.2024, 11:48
        NSA is coming to get you (and your cat)! - RayeR, 15.05.2024, 17:40
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 10.05.2024, 19:30
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 11.05.2024, 20:44
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 13.05.2024, 07:12
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 14.05.2024, 01:31
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 14.05.2024, 09:53
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 14.05.2024, 17:04
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 14.05.2024, 18:33
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 15.05.2024, 11:43
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 15.05.2024, 17:00
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 16.05.2024, 07:13
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 17.05.2024, 02:20
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 07:31
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 17.05.2024, 16:14
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 18:38
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 17.05.2024, 19:22
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 22:03
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 22:17
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 19.05.2024, 05:53
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 22:31
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 19.05.2024, 05:10
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 20.05.2024, 21:04
        GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 20.05.2024, 21:53
- GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 31.05.2024, 00:17
  - GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 31.05.2024, 02:04