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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Soupy George on May 07, 2012, 06:58 pm

Title: Computer security.
Post by: Soupy George on May 07, 2012, 06:58 pm
Hey. I have been lurking these forums for a few months now and have only just decided to register. Hope everyone is doing alright!

Computer security has been something that has concerned me for a while, especially since finding out about SR.

I just wanted to get a discussion going about what security you have to make sure that Key loggers and other forms of Malware don't infect your computer and create holes in your security.

Also if someone could send me a message via PGP to see if I have it figured out, then that would be great!  ;D

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Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32)

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=I1CW
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Title: Re: Computer security.
Post by: Soupy George on May 07, 2012, 09:18 pm
Hmm... I apologize for my incompetence, but could you try and send a message to this key instead. The one I just posted before was one I used a while ago and forgot the pass phrase  :-[

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Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32)

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=C1km
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Title: Re: Computer security.
Post by: Soupy George on May 07, 2012, 09:43 pm
Thanks for the intel  ;D PGP isn't as hard as I imagined it would be when I first heard about it. I can't see why people don't want to use it.
Title: Re: Computer security.
Post by: dave00 on May 07, 2012, 10:05 pm
So practically the PGP key it's the message itself?
If i understood i open my pgp program
i creat my message on word
i encrypt it, i send it to the seller/vendor
The seller/vendor has my key
he can decrypt it
he read the message
right?
Title: Re: Computer security.
Post by: frank-butcher24 on May 07, 2012, 10:15 pm
So practically the PGP key it's the message itself?
If i understood i open my pgp program
i creat my message on word
i encrypt it, i send it to the seller/vendor
The seller/vendor has my key
he can decrypt it
he read the message
right?


Nearly correct...

A vendor will have their public key on their page.

You copy this key, and import it into your PGP program.

Then you write your message in Word or whatever, and you encrypt it using the vendor's key.

Send the encrypted message to the vendor, and he will be able to decrypt it.

If you want the vendor to send you an encrypted reply, you will need to send your public key to him.

One question though - you're a vendor on BMR and you don't know this already?!?

Title: Re: Computer security.
Post by: dave00 on May 07, 2012, 10:19 pm
usually i receive messages through pgp normally for address of shipment
but for normal messages like confimation i don't use it
so normally i don't send messages through pgp except some times