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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: laiskajaakko on December 12, 2011, 01:07 am
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So I followed the steps of the manual provided in the sticky topic about pgp.. I successfully encrypted and decrypted a message to myself.. Then I imported the vendors public key to my gnupg program and tried to encrypt a message to him/her. At the end of the message I put my own public key so he/she can respond. I figure I encrypted the message to myself even if I used the silver key listed in gnupg program which belongs to the vendor. (the one i imported there earlier, everything about the key looks good)
Anyway, the question is: if im supposed to communicate via pgp whats the smartest way to provide my pgp to the other participant? Maybe if I first put my own public key in gnugp clipboard, then the actual message, then the receivers public key, will it be encrypted there? I just dont know how the program reads that public key when you place it in the gnupg clipboard, i hope someone with practical experience could help me out, i dont wanna flood the receiver with useless messages. Also, how do i see in the gnupg program when someone has encrypted a message to me? Thanks in advance.
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...if im supposed to communicate via pgp whats the smartest way to provide my pgp to the other participant? Maybe if I first put my own public key in gnugp clipboard, then the actual message...
You're good up to this point.
...then the receivers public key, will it be encrypted there?...
Nothing else need go in the clipboard other than the message and your public key (so the recipient can encrypt back to you). At this point you would select Encrypt and then select the recipients' key from those on your keyring.
...I just dont know how the program reads that public key when you place it in the gnupg clipboard...
It doesn't read it from the clipboard, it uses the recipients' public key that you choose after asking it to Encrypt.
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Also, you wont be notified of a message in GPG. You need to copy the encrypted message form your PM/email/whatever into the clipboard then select "decrypt" to see the contents.
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Thanks for the answers, you've been helpful, i got this now.