> > > In short gnupg is a program to manage signing and encryption. All the > actions given below can be handled by gnupg. The protocols used are > part of an open standard. > > Key management: > 1. You create a signing and an encryption key; each key has two parts > one private, one public. > 2. You upload the public portions to a key server and put it in > other public places (like your visiting card!). > 3. You get people who know you well to sign (validate) your key with > their key. > 4. You keep your private key very, very, private. > > Use: > 1. You can sign documents, programs, e-mails etc. that you send out > using your signing key. People who have access to your public key > can verify such signatures. > 2. People can encrypt documents which they want to send to you in > private and only you (or other intended recipients) can decrypt them. > 3. You can also encrypt documents for your own safe keeping. > 4. You can sign other people's keys after verifying their authenticity. > 5. If you have other people's public encryption key, you can encrypt > documents which you want to send to them in private. > > So this means, if I want to send a document to you, I should use the below. Is the below a public key or a signature. I have used openssl and the keys it generates indicate that the file is a public key. And moreover, the key I created using openssl could encrypt very small documents. Can pgp keys do more than that.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpf+8oACgkQSR+P2lQW5bh39ACg0gKokuC985j+BpjI9sZt0cK3 qwYAn0Vcak4ExremxxK6Ud1PUy9rgslY =3rWn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Regards, Ashish _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
