Re: Help with a OpenPGP key.....

[Matt Brodeur <mbrodeur+rhlp NextTime com>]

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On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:51:54AM -0400, Michael Cortes wrote:

> I understand, that to verify the signature, or unencrypt an encrypted file, 
> the receiver must have my key and/or I must have the key for an email/file I 
> receive.

   I would recommend some quality time with the GNU Privacy Handbook:
http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html

   The short answers to your questions would be:
1. Anyone who wants to check your signature needs a copy of your
PUBLIC key.  The easiest way to do this is by publishing your key to a
keyserver.  As an example:
$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.kjsl.com --send-key F6AE2889

2.  You will need public keys for those whose signatures you want to
check, or whomever you want to encrypt messages to.  To get the public
key to check, for example, this message's signature:
$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.kjsl.com --recv-keys 2cfe18a3


   The GPH covers all of this and much more.  There are also mailing
lists specific to GPG and PGP, if you're really interested.

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Matt Brodeur                                                       RHCE
MBrodeur NextTime com                           http://www.NextTime.com

Don't you wish that all the people who sincerely want to help you
could agree with each other?
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