Happy Holi to all, I have just started to use gpg and I am not sure if I understand usage and function correctly. So please help debug my understanding, follow along.
1. I create a public key and private key. I can sign any message using my private key and anyone with my public key can verify that the message comes from me. 2. It won't work if someone masquerading as me spread a fake key. So you have fingerprints, so I can generate my fingerprint and you can call me and verify that it is indeed my public key. 3. If I trust A completely I could sign her key using gpg --edit [EMAIL PROTECTED] and say that I trust it completely. 4. Now if A communicates with B and trusts B completely (and I trust A completely) how does it help me communicate with B? A lot of webpages with people's keys say, "if you know me sign my key and send me a copy", what does that mean and what commands to do that (sign someone's key and send it to him)? How does this web of trust propogate, if at all it does? TIA linux leaner __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
