On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:40:12 -0500 Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I should specify that I have gnupg installed and that is what I use on my > system, and through kmail. I have gnupg selected in kmails security > settings and have it autosign my own emails. > > So, what is this plugin that "isn't specified"? > > On Friday 31 October 2003 04:26 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > When people sign their emails with their PGP key (unknown to me) their > > message in kmail is prefaced with the following: > > > > Message was signed with unknown key. > > The validity of the signature cannot be verified. > > Problem: OpenPGP plug-in was not specified. > > Use the 'Settings->Configure KMail->Security' dialog to specify the > > plug-in or ask your system administrator to do that for you. > You can go to the kmail page, get the instructions to download and compile it all, or you can download "cryptplug" with urpmi. Or you can use GnuPG integrate the way you have it. You will still get that message from KMail! It will not really change anything. The message is kind of cryptic (sic) since it basically states that you are looking at a signed message, HOWEVER you have no credentials to know if the key is valid, if that person is who they say they are, or an imposter using a stolen key. You can download the users public key, and then the message will change to say that it is a valid key, but the trust will not be determined unless you exchange signed keys with that (or all) users. Understanding cryptography, how it works, what it does, and what you have to do to secure it and interpret it is a long steep learning process. The GnuPG website is a good place to start http://www.gnupg.org/ For the most part, use it for secure communications with those people that you need it. In this mailing list, you don't really need to worry about it. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net
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