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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: dictionary on August 14, 2013, 01:19 am
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Ok so I am having trouble with the whole encryption process. I have my public key. I figured how to send encrypted emails. But I am confused on what to do with another individuals public key? How do I use that public key to send them a message? I scowered the web and can't find specific info on this, or maybe I am typing the wrong questions. If someone could explain that'd be super cool. Thanks in advance.
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Hi :) Your public key is given to individuals you want to converse with. You use their public key to encrypt messages that they can decrypt.
Private key - never give out, used to encrypt messages that others can identify comes only from you.
Public key - give out to those who you want to be able to encrypt messages to you.
When you encrypt a message you're encrypting it with your private key and the intended recipients public key, so it becomes a message that only the two of you can decrypt.
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Ok I actually just figured out what I was talking about. What I was looking for was how to get an email from someones Public Key. And I realized to right click the Key on Text Edit and then you get their email. So if I want to send them a message, then I just type message, encrypt it, and then send to specific person and only they can read it correct? They don't need the secret password that I set?
If you could give me your private key so I could test it with someone that would be dope. Thanks ;D
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:) Never give out your private key, only public key!
I just created this one as a throwaway. Copy and paste into a text editor, save the file and then use your pgp program to import it. This key will then be saved. Write a message and encrypt it with your key and mine, then just post the encrypted message here. I'll reply to it here.
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Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org
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Here you go, thank you :) , and I don't really know what my private key is or how to figure it out. Or even really what its used for.
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:) Never give out your private key, only public key!
Oh and sorry yeah that was a typo of me saying give me your private key hah oops. :P
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Or if anyone wants to try with me 8)
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Hey, sorry man, just logged back on. Am using tails, and forgot to save the keys, so that throwaway account has been wiped out of existence :)
Send me another message with this public key
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Ok so I am having trouble with the whole encryption process. I have my public key. I figured how to send encrypted emails. But I am confused on what to do with another individuals public key? How do I use that public key to send them a message? I scowered the web and can't find specific info on this, or maybe I am typing the wrong questions. If someone could explain that'd be super cool. Thanks in advance.
ou have to import their key into your keyring. I use KGpg and I copy the public key then open KGpg and select "import key" it will then give me a selection where to import from, I select "Clipboard" and OK and bingo their public key is on my keyring. I then retrieve that same public key from keyservers. Then when you want to send them a message open KGpg Editor, type the message in and select Encrypt Message from the bottom of the window, the encrypted message then appears and you can do whatever you need to with it, PM it, email it, etc
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I left one step out; after typing the message in KGpg Editor, select Encrypt Message and KGpg will give you a list of all the keys on your keyring, you select the public key of the person you want to communicate with and then the encrypted message shows on Editor.
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Ok perfect, so once I encrypt the message I just PM the message or do I email them. Once I am on the actual site I mean.
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Depends on who you're trying to contact. If it's an SR member I cut the encrypted message from my clipboard and paste it into the PM message blank, if I'm emailing I cut and paste into my email. There is also the ability to select email when composing/encrypting so it can go straight to the email address associated with the key.
I found the best way to get up to speed was just selecting the various functions with the program I'm using and practicing test messages. If I run across something I don't get, I do a search for that problem, i.e. "signing keys" or "managing keyring" I make sure I put the OS I'm using (Linux Mint for me) and the encryption program (in my case KGpg) into the search criteria so my search is narrowed down and I only get relevant results. Just keep trying different things and noting what works and what doesn't. This works for me and that's the only person I can speak for, but it might work for you too.