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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: crazyburnout on August 02, 2012, 08:31 pm

Title: help with pgp please
Post by: crazyburnout on August 02, 2012, 08:31 pm
okay im trying to make my first purchase on here other than bitcoins. i have a text document encrypted and ready to go. i tried dragging it into the message box and it doesnt appear. can someone please help me figure out how to send the document?
Title: Re: help with pgp please
Post by: goangod on August 02, 2012, 08:35 pm
just open your document and then copy/paste the text into the addy box and send
Title: Re: help with pgp please
Post by: crazyburnout on August 02, 2012, 08:40 pm
but if i just copy and paste the message from the pgp text file then wont it appear unencrypted?
Title: Re: help with pgp please
Post by: crazyburnout on August 02, 2012, 08:43 pm
and i can only open the file if i decrypt it
Title: Re: help with pgp please
Post by: crazyburnout on August 02, 2012, 08:46 pm
if i open the file with notepad i can see a bunch of gibberish. am i supposed to copy and paste the gibberish? will he be able to decrypt it?
Title: Re: help with pgp please
Post by: keynob on August 02, 2012, 08:51 pm
What are you using, GPG4Win? You should be entering plain text into something that's like notepad, and then clicking on an "Encrypt" button somewhere near the top. Then you select his Public PGP Key, which turns it into said "gibberish". Then just highlight it all, ctl+c and ctl+v it into the PM or email you're sending, and make sure you include your Public PGP key somewhere at the bottom, and you're done. He will reply with a message for you, you'll decrypt it using your Private PGP key.   ...etc, etc.
Title: Re: help with pgp please
Post by: crazyburnout on August 02, 2012, 08:54 pm
thank you very much. i wasnt sure if he would still be able to decrypt it if i copied it out of the pgp document and yes im using the gpg4win. thanks for your help guys