Re: gpg warning message

[bjf <bjf624 at hotmail dot com>]

Hey Volker,

Thanks for the reply.  I had read about all that you suggested to do.  I
suppose there isn't a way to solve this problem on windows?--the option you
listed is just a way to ignore the insecurity.  I have really been thinking
about switching to linux, but I have so much running on windows
now...anyway...

Thanks again,

-bjf


Volker Quetschke wrote:
> 
> Hi bjf,
> 
>> I am having trouble when importing Keys with the GnuPG package
>> distributed
>> with cygwin.  I continue to get the same warning.  I have searched for
>> this
>> warning and have found a solution on uinx environments, however, it will
>> not
>> work with cygwin.  Is there any way around this solution.  The following
>> is
>> the warning and the fix:
>> 
>> $ gpg --import KEYS
>> $ gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
>> $ gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
>> --imports all the the keys
>> 
>> so I go check out the link and this is the explanation:
>> 
>> Fix to:   Why do I get "gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!"
>> 
>> On many systems this program should be installed as setuid(root). This is
>> necessary to lock memory pages. Locking memory pages prevents the
>> operating
>> system from writing them to disk and thereby keeping your secret keys
>> really
>> secret. If you get no warning message about insecure memory your
>> operating
>> system supports locking without being root. The program drops root
>> privileges as soon as locked memory is allocated.
>> 
>> To setuid(root) permissions on the gpg binary you can either use:
>> 
>> $ chmod u+s /path/to/gpg
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> $ chmod 4755 /path/to/gpg 
>> 
>> I don't want to put everything done on this page, but there is a
>> statement
>> that says:
>> "On some systems (e.g., Windows) GnuPG does not lock memory pages and
>> older
>> GnuPG versions (<=1.0.4) issue the warning:"
>> 
>> $ gpg: Please note that you don't have secure memory
>> 
>> But that is not the response I see.  Anyway, I have thoroughly searched
>> for
>> a fix and the solutions are all the same as the above.
> 
> It is a warning, it notifies you that you are using unsecure memory on
> an inherently insecure operating system, commonly known as Windows.
> 
>> Any help would greatly appreciated.
> 
> Switch it off. Try `man gpg` and search for "insecure". You'll
> find:
> 
>        --no-secmem-warning
>                  Suppress the warning about "using insecure memory".
> 
> or put no-secmem-warning in your gpg.conf.
> 
> This is not really a cygwin problem. Using a better OS also fixes this
> "problem".
> 
>   Volker
> 
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