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Ranga Nathan wrote: | Has anyone created any application that uses secure email using GPG pr | PGP? | I wonder if I can generate a certificate that the recipient can install | for encrypting/decrypting mail from me. I was thinking of using OpenSSL to | generate the certificate. | | a) How would I encrypt mails? Obviously header portion can not be, right? | Check out: http://search.cpan.org/search?query=pgp&mode=all. You may also be interested in GPGME (GPG Made Easy) and LIBGCRYPT found at: http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/related_software/libraries.html
| b) How does it apply to attachements? Can I encrypt some and not some? | You can if you use PGP/MIME; be aware though that not all MUAs support this (e.g., common 'Windows' clients like Outlook, Outlook Express)
| c) Do I need to email my certifiate first to the recipient? | Strictly speaking the recipient does not have to have your key prior to decryption. They will though at some point have to retrieve it somehow, perhaps by querying the 'standard' PGP keyservers (e.g., www.keyserver.net, etc.,)
| Could someone point me in the right direction please? | Thanks |
Anyone in the Boston area up for a PGP Keysigning? :-)
Wren
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