-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 B.N.V. Raman forced the electrons to say: > I'm also a member of LIH and i recently installed PGP on my windoze > laptop.. if you don't mind, could you tell me what i should do to > exchange pgp encrypted mails with you? Should i give you my public > id? and vice versa? We should exchange public keys. I should add your public key to my public keyring and so on. You could mail me the key, but you cannot be expected to mail it to every future correspondent. Better is to use some public key server like www.keyserver.net (where you can find my public key). > whats the difference between encryption and signing? Well, encryption means an intruder cannot decipher the communication, even if he manages to intercept it. signing means he can decipher the message, but cannot alter it without being caught. The usual technique is you encrypt with my public key, and then sign with your private key. I, on receipt of the mail, will verify your signature with your public key, and decrypt with my private key. And intruders cannot decipher or alter the message. Binand PS: I'd appreciate if you mailed technical questions directly to the list. I'm sure even if a query is not very linux specific, people would take time off to answer it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6RwW4GXtiwttetWoRAuvDAJ9XRnZK/P+wOMBpRZKc3IqCxKIOXgCghqap DjunrGqOWVSVnqoZiSp6TxM= =hBoz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------- LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for a purpose. Violations of the rules of this list will result in stern action.
