try gpg --gen-key --expert Hardeep Singh http://blog.Hardeep.name
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Durant, Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, I noticed, on windows (which I truly despise), when I type > > C:\Documents and Settings\me\Application Data\gnupg>gpg --gen-key > > I get: > > gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.12; Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. (add'l > copyleft info) > > Please select what kind of key you want: > (1) RSA and RSA (default) > (2) DSA and Elgamal > (3) DSA (sign only) > (4) RSA (sign only) > > on ubuntu, I get these choices (the version of GPG is 2.0.9): > Please select what kind of key you want: > > (1) DSA and Elgamal (default) > (2) DSA (sign only) > (5) RSA (sign only) > > What is the difference? Isn't RSA better? > > I tried using apt-get to get the version on linux up to the same version # on > windows, and it wouldn't. > > Once you generate a key, is it bound to the email address supplied during > generation, so that, if someone else emails your key out, you won't be able > to decrypt something encrypted to their email? Or is the email address > completely uninvolved? > > Thanks, Dean > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
