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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: makalu on October 16, 2012, 06:45 pm

Title: my first purchase
Post by: makalu on October 16, 2012, 06:45 pm
I have transferred bitcoins to my sr account. What is the significance of the PIN when I come to order something? I have also installed Gpg4win and have generated my key. Now what do I do?, thanks.
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: eskimoplea7 on October 16, 2012, 07:05 pm
the pin is used when you place an order so only you can make orders with your account

find what you want, add to cart, select shipping,update cart
find vendors public key copy and pasted in notebook program(windows 7) save their public key to desktop
open gpa, import public key from desktop, open clipboard in gpa program, type in address and message, click decrypt,chose the vendor you want to decryptit for,
 copy and paste dcrypetd message into address box on your SR order and click send on your order
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: makalu on October 16, 2012, 08:02 pm
thank you for your efforts. this has helped, and I should be good to go with these steps.
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: makalu on October 16, 2012, 08:36 pm
Hi, i'm using kleopatra, and I copied their PGP key to a .txt file. It does not import it. What am I doing wrong? By notebook, do you mean notepad?
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: makalu on October 16, 2012, 08:45 pm
I'm making progress fast. I saved their key to a .txt file including the headers :) I choose Decrypt/Verify files from the kleopatra menu. I then got an output file with extension .out

Inside the file are the lines pub and sub. Which one of these am i interested in, or both?
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: eskimoplea7 on October 16, 2012, 08:57 pm
yes ha its the notepad program my bad
use the program GPA to import public keys
GPA should have came with the download. dont worry to much about the other programs

Here is my public key if youd like to practice by sending me an encrypted message


-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32)



mQENBFBfpkcBCADcpbsvffz+yGvgEO8UUavceEDtm4uRSPzXzfIRyZbyBLOTPds4

tQHOKsjnwCKAuObpNXj1PSQsWeVeKgC3ThYxX7RB0y5h9lKZu4cQ9Oow4PK0TxbL

dT984oaiCYw4fwdWpOzeWOvbtEtTFmnsjTDt4VtZoH3UQc3QlOeKD1gxcmMi45D3

yRNyXnzuQa9vzvI9vwqjL4bzG6XjIhiE5PVupC2wpyMJDSRvv35sMq4IDN7x9evF

Y7TfvbgFG47bhg0E/0Cg2t2FRPBurRRqI8EClCI7WiTQ0xHh4pdtt3LmUHXDy7Gt

HtSVQ1GjOMtN8F2d9AVJfEldORKkdDLgk8UtABEBAAG0IGVza2ltbyA8ZXNraW1v

c3BsZWFAdG9ybWFpbC5vcmc+iQE4BBMBAgAiBQJQX6ZHAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJ

CgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRBt/l5HuDxmyEIWCACPAJOohBoOuY5S8dx2/lr1D9uV

w98POMV/TzeFhHRCjS/DPvRx855vlZJt5XqCB9ob7d9lD8sfTjZehHPgGhlYF8Zx

BQmLlNI8pbtA8A+aQB2UGHCvofwpZ+zDveTo6+BKqNMJaRVAUTXJQJS+9IXsknF3

Mqt1hqs2lualdKNebdZRk+2W3Tau9IG6mIAqyzinUlcGFN9/Gf4Mk/GJQTFjCf8e

MG156KKH4CGWPu/sSU2e0/X0XE3yVsyT9kCXzLnJMHdhy8QkdaZcFDLDibXxP3tC

+N9IOqLwEuFO2ftc00lEtyPYDu4EqiYsfxfYa+OSd5P5U8dyQ9K0QYfpYhD8uQEN

BFBfpkcBCACnNJ2s60FOUAaXNss1ojiNOKcXC6W7qnEsWuobqP+NXFftyUnfzF76

ss4LQlvDfL+Hlaqaf5OcnavmHpPlFVw/2hZXBShmyNtdX9ppTN+z1JKsq57kVLIY

d3qCOWgtGzvwuclpsq2XSP15UgqINu40dDU09UuKPnR5IJ3/G/cRw0EnDf1KYP7O

F0LgqOk8EA+yad+qb9mtc3aRx27u7tlyQKA28oEZaav6vQoTeG/7eprk4bT9pxM0

EKLe1c9aM3Mk/j/49TVgiMV5hrBD1ygLc49BaCtYZk7Ga/KWyAKlZ65WOgiT4X2Z

MBagsipcKRf7tgUsNTw/CwROhy1Q72CPABEBAAGJAR8EGAECAAkFAlBfpkcCGwwA

CgkQbf5eR7g8ZshCsAgAsrOl6nShhNTp/sXGcMFXYKh7yXtUaOyOhGZ74evbPFZ8

Dl1wkQCGX415d8SPPYg46FPWckKIhV6dUG7ZDvZAakvITTMWpqSgQkV3A8FsZ1NV

0vpb7q/YN7LUZaP6oQg/R/XiY4IGthtCrRgyhV2XFnrKBNV5g5FbvTZnnXYvnB/B

5MegA82X041207CUsELvvkhLFa9GRduYTv08Q1MmYms1NImhBi7cTNtKFifjx1S2

Ii8wtSpxAf2lznwNkASH/67W+woc018Q9qxP6EuSU8+C6f0OH/85y9G2GlGRApVQ

Y7wDepPJOVfhQ61SWG8TH8cGNRJebE2OUifnguiyYw==

=kytx

-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: makalu on October 16, 2012, 09:51 pm
This worked when I exchanged messages with a friend earlier. I get "no signatures found" in kleopatra, when i hit decrypt.
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: makalu on October 16, 2012, 10:09 pm
I have found a vendors email addy, from decrypting their key. Question is, how can I make my comms secure?

Would I send a message to them, putting my public PGP block at the bottom?

*update i got it. I encrypt the message from a text file, then just paste the garbled code into a message to them.

Is it strongly recommended to use PGP even on the SR order form?
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: doublemint on October 17, 2012, 09:58 pm
I have transferred bitcoins to my sr account. What is the significance of the PIN when I come to order something? I have also installed Gpg4win and have generated my key. Now what do I do?, thanks.
You need your pin to make purchases. It'll ask you for it everytime
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: eskimoplea7 on October 17, 2012, 10:03 pm
glad you got it ha. i caught on pretty fast too
use encryption anytime you talk or purchase anything on SR, most 'smart' vendors require that you use it
unless it is something legal. i bought cigarettes but i still used PGP. i dont want my address anywhere on that site
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: Blackflysoup on October 18, 2012, 01:22 am
Just want to see if my key is linked to my profile here
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: kswag on October 18, 2012, 03:11 am
Please help.. I'm trying to make purchase but forgot my pin.. how do I change it or get it?
Title: Re: my first purchase
Post by: eskimoplea7 on October 18, 2012, 07:03 pm
Please help.. I'm trying to make purchase but forgot my pin.. how do I change it or get it?

you cant, create a new account