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Old 08-07-2003, 10:12 PM   #1
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How do I make a PGP key?

Hey. How do I make a private and public PGP key. I need one to use the kopete cryptography plugin and to send encrypted emails with evolution. I've used PGP for windows and you just made a private key, the public key for it got uploaded to a server and you just used it.
 
Old 08-08-2003, 12:12 AM   #2
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gpg --gen-key
 
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In addition: it always makes sense to read
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Old 08-11-2003, 08:58 AM   #4
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Worked great. Thanks. Where do I find the documentation or is gpg --help it? Also, is there a gui for pgp?
 
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yes, there are frontends of pgp available. You will find the documentation and frontends here:
http://www.gnupg.org/
 
  


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