Beginner site/howto for gpg in Linux?
I've never used gpg. Im reaching out to the community to see if there is a good step-by-step beginners guide out there for .. Fedora i guess.
Things I would like explained is; Initial Setup of keys, how to use them in Evolution or gmail, how and what to back up? Thanks all |
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Hi,
Here's what you need to do to get started. Generate your public/private key pair. Code:
gpg --gen-key Code:
gpg --send-keys DEADBEEF Import keys from a keyserver: Code:
gpg --search-keys user2@otherdomain.com Code:
gpg -ae secretfile.txt Most email clients allow you to specify the key-id to use for encrypting and/or signing email. I also remember having tried a FireFox plugin(FireGPG) that worked with Gmail. With regards to backup, I would suggest making a copy of both your public/private keys as follows: Code:
gpg -a --export-secret-keys user@domain.com > secretkey.asc |
http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html - background + basic howto keys/certs
http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/ - HOWTO http://www.enigmail.net/home/index.php - secure email |
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