Hello, On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Ashish Verma wrote: > 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.
Since it shouts out > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- it is 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. There is no difference in the mathematics behind openssl keys and pgp/gpg keys. However, the key management techniques are different. The former depends on a chain of trust starting with a root certifying authority. The latter depdns on a web of trust which depends on (friend-of-a-friend)^n. The newer (gnupg2) version of gnupg can handle SSL-based and PGP-based protocols. Regerds, Kapil. -- _______________________________________________ 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
