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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: mito on October 06, 2011, 11:24 am

Title: How to use PGP
Post by: mito on October 06, 2011, 11:24 am
I think I got it right, please confirm.

1) You create a personal PGP key
2) To create an encrypted message you must combine your private PGP with recipient's PGP key.
3) This is accomplished with a program such as GnuPG
4) An encrypted message is generated.   
5) To decrypt the message the recipient must his and my PGP.

Thanks.

Title: Re: How to use PGP
Post by: 1as3df4gh on October 06, 2011, 11:44 am
Almost there mate!! I use GNU Privacy Assistant but I assume it is similar with other programs.

1. Create a PAIR of keys for yourself, one public and one private.
2. Keep the private key secret, this is the one your decrypt your messages with so ONLY you should ever see it
3. Write message in clear text (GPA has a Clipboard function for doing this)
4. Encrypt the message to the recipient's public key
5. They receive it, and reply with a message encrypted to your public key
6. You copy that message to your clipboard in GPA and decrypt it with your private key

I found it a head fuck at first but once you have done it a few times its simples.