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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Duke on June 29, 2011, 11:56 am
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Hi everyone,
Just trying to configure PGP and have become stuck.
I'm on a new mac and am not familiar with macs.
I have installed the GPG for mac program and have almost gotten to the end of setup.
How do I view the ASCII file in the keymat directory?
Im following the Robert Sosinski write up.
Its probably really simple but I'm not used to macs!!
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Ive found out that typing ls shows a file called publickey.asc
Now I'm trying to send the key to a key server but this message keeps coming up
$ gpg --send-keys MY KEY NUMBER
gpg: no keyserver known (use option --keyserver)
gpg: keyserver send failed: Syntax error in URI
What am I doing wrong?
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In Linux it is:
$ gpg --keyserver URI --send-key YOURKEY
should be the same in Mac. At the moment you're doing the electronic equivalent of sending a letter without an address on the envelope. Choose a public keyserver (GIYF) and substitute their server address for 'URI' in the command above (and, of course, your key number for 'YOURKEY').
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DO NOT SEND YOUR KEY TO A KEYSERVER
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Yeah - quite right! My respectable work and personal keys are published, not my ones for 'other' uses ;)
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So I forgot my password and tried to reset it but is seems like no emails are going to my email for some reason so now I have a new user name.
Thanks g4bb3r for telling me not to publish my key on a key server. I'm a little clueless!!! Ha!!
So how do I find my public key???
I have my key number ( something like A56774F5) and made it onto a ASCII file but don't know how to see it and make it available to other people on here.
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Im at this step :
3. After a short wait, you should have a publickey.asc file in your keymat directory. Take a look at it.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin)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 do I see my public key???????
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that is the top part of your public key...
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^^^^ THats not my public key. THats copied and pasted from the PGP guide by Robert Sosiniski (sp).
How do I get my public key????
Whats the file called and where do I view it?
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you'll need to open the ascii file with your key in it,
or in a terminal:
cat filename.here.asc
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Thanks wicked420.
Got it now!!!!
Just have to work out how to de crypt and encrypt messgaes now!~!! 8)