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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: seth brainfood on May 03, 2013, 02:39 pm
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Hi folks
Total noob, apologies in advance.
Does anyone have a step by step guide for installing PGP on a Macbook, version 10.6.8?
I understand the concept just fine but am struggling to find and install the software.
I just tried - installation was ok but the first key I generated appeared as "pub/sec" (public and secret??) which surely can't be right. There was also no sign at all of a clipboard.
I've uninstalled and will start again.
Thanks
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Hey I replied to your message on the PGP newbie thread. You've done nothing wrong, when you create a new key pair there is a public and private key. The public key is what you can put out there, keep the private to yourself or delete it or something, your PGP program keeps the private key as part of the trusted certificate. You can always re-create a certificate too if you are paranoid and want to delete your certificate after you send or something, but its not necessary.
Again, your install is fine, nothing is wrong with what you're doing, post your public key here and I'll respond to it. Check the menus at the top of your PGP program, there's either a clipboard within the program, or the tool creates a system icon that you can use as a shortcut for clipboard encrypting and stuff. To export just your public key, there should be an option for "export keys' and not "export private keys'.
Nothing wrong or illegal about having a PGP program and its not sending out your private key to the internet so don't worry. Again, here's my public key for you to try and import and send a message back:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux)
mQENBFF4ZB8BCAD9CE/RnKChBiu/yAHidIfiwqjmZd0Kzc+EaXPWMe3YUrbomOOy
UxXcGh73e6aWLehKMG1gtNa6EYr9PQFo7mqaKm2o+br3d/kGf13oDFnR2SLJM4Lj
RCyPuIDvQkK70K8yJ3KRClP0HHvITCE80ffyqOxiNE4zK2v7S7F8wY5TIbHhD2wm
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uC+1oqGFDF8hI5uHlU+bf3/cLvRt/gEjzbtt6qKi6HIS15BZg92rBZY3Maql3BwO
2AiijXlNh2Mxdcn+UUcSdpn0eHADa0GR9Eaqy/3NBfUDi/jSPvIlcM6D7tYuYQ==
=RUhA
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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Thanks TS, that's reassuring. I'll give it another go!
I've uninstalled so have to start again anyway.
Any recommendation on which is the best software to use for Mac?
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Hey the main site for PGP support is GnuPG.org, so I use GPG4win for Windows, GPA for linux, and for Mac it looks like Mac GPG https://gpgtools.org/
Looks like there are tutorials and stuff found there, good luck!
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Hi TemaculaSunrise, does this work?
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
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WqL/fGuyZLMPBqcWiMPyOrG/w1np7dVf/sny1hcrp+LTAfrX/DEXgt59iepkXKbR
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e/oKjQljrwdfCb+fxFYPpv6Pn2YKjg==
=E7iH
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
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And here's my public key, TS, if you wouldn't mind sending me a message back?
Thanks for your help, it's really appreciated.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin)
mQENBFGD3w0BCADW68XRO9GAhAl7KxGtllhQRKPPocmtAZFeCyGLNlK+PjJKobqp
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n3+5vhLxfv8QLKP6PfPmb9kZaxbHmf8pqkt+trrwSWimG69jda9+nVIyo8DFkXIn
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DB2DAqDN4vSDje90oFxvzZSX19EjZRYXV4U7nDFYQA16SRCdBBb/8WMfg+Oydrze
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AgMBAAIeAQIXgAAKCRCgAGKGzh2/iqCSB/92iaAZgRZ27Aw2JvA1V5z+5qJBZkwP
TFwU3MfvSRBaC2jNWo1UkClJbCPKQYD9ABOjnLmgFtOO/Oi62MJELBhJ01q8KRWa
iDA7WYgNM8HMPb8a8ZbU0r1T8x55VsjTXiaPSxcCKZouC5WPe3ekm/kw1LGT/SCM
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L2xX8XspkZ/cSqyL7jF6jDJr7LZbJlAO0GM1c3GQCISRr2BSFhaiJEsNuQENBFGD
3w0BCADOO+B+3qqQLMTihu1ZL/N8bXuBmoM/zYOC0zikub8imHCejISQwQZZOq17
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xcZLc3s70hiu2lOB+rKDIfJOPVMIeJph7Hmee0emC7XZ
=CumR
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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Yep, that works great! Here's a message for you:
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux)
hQEMAxhZpVCnwV+7AQf8CtPVFMtGrVRBLW71Mwu3esByFKCD0Y876RunXHRK8INp
CCCya2dKyub45UANb2uoRPRpFgsdwEsVm3D0oApVLmKxZoGuyEO3Tq56B9tEcuZe
C2YuKPalJ09KqgJLf4zVrHww4gP9pKPy8ErYt9fdd4tE/eNfQe3JHltdRhCr2V1P
1iJsYv3pXMIiQqMd25/0YC3fOOFtCz38/vcxt9QoknuEc99hmXdMNsyv2uz6/LGm
7P1EtUKe/vnp50pTjXrtk2dmazVK+hgoLBg0Yww5BzMiwKxDsoJrSP3D/5RLoaJv
SAIVQrLoDWWflLfnPEe1KqLr/Bl7FUb60OXV1zVL2dJmAbJ/yARsRIZexHTcxiAm
pjIOe5TeejEpGR3RflyqV/D09qXGjVkPV3M3Ys7ylRJuLkLfeEEDLwh0IC1HZfBh
elFl1U2gcK30N9x9sm0jlMZm127rIGRG+IWK3mE2cJgHyiJ3DiMd
=lyT9
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
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I saw this thread and saw it more fitting to ask questions here, simply cause I am running the same OS. I got everything installed and seemed to get it working correctly, but then I hit a window that was asking for a "passphrase" and I am wondering what exactly to do. I am very sorry if this is repetitive and has already been asked/answered, but I couldn't find the question anywhere. I am a total noob at this, so again sorry.
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@gratefulheadofdead
So when you open the PGP program, it'l ask for a username/email and then password. Write this password down, this is how you decrypt messages sent to you. When you've created your key pair, it will be represented as a trusted certificate in your PGP program. There should be a button or dropdown somewhere that says "Export key" which will create a file somewhere with your public PGP key. This is what you send to others so they can send you private messages.
On the other side, to send encrypted messages you import someones public PGP key either through the clipboard or a file, in the PGP program there is an option for "import key" where you'll import the ----PUBLIC PGP KEY address. Then, when you write your message and encrypt, you'll put the recipient as the name you have imported and send it out.
For a good test, create your own certificate and encrypt a message to yourself. Take this PGP block and then decrypt it using your password from the beginning. If you can see your own text then it works as intended. Try to write me a message from my public key posted a few above, try to post your public key as well and I'll send you a message.
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AWESOME! Thank you so much for the help, i am going to try it now!