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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: B4THC4T on March 04, 2012, 04:55 am

Title: Quick PGP ?
Post by: B4THC4T on March 04, 2012, 04:55 am
Just wondering, say I want to contact a vendor, and I have their PGP, how do I send them my Public PGP to decrypt?  I don't have a profile or anything, and it seems pointless to include the Public PGP and the encrypted message in the same PM . . .

Sorry if this a ridiculous question, this is my first go at PGP after reading the pictorials . . .
Title: Re: Quick PGP ?
Post by: MailMaxDev on March 04, 2012, 04:58 am
Proper etiquette would be to type your message out, put your PGP public key at the end, and then encrypt the message with their key.
Title: Re: Quick PGP ?
Post by: CrunchyFrog on March 04, 2012, 05:01 am
Quote from: B4THC4T
...say I want to contact a vendor, and I have their PGP, how do I send them my Public PGP to decrypt?
They will be able to decrypt if they still have access to *their own* matching *private* key (which they almost certainly will).

If you'd like an encrypted response, simply include a copy of your *public* key along with the text of your message (then encrypt to the recipient).
Title: Re: Quick PGP ?
Post by: B4THC4T on March 04, 2012, 05:04 am
Brilliant, thank you two, exactly what I wanted to know.

Thanks again.