> Don't do that. Seriously. This is like saying "I want to learn how to
> farm like my grandparents did!" Farming is hard enough: voluntarily
> doing without, you know, *electricity* is just crazy. (In the United
> States, many farms were without electricity until the 1940s!)
> These
Am 18.12.21 um 19:07 schrieb Ingo Klöcker:
> On Freitag, 17. Dezember 2021 18:04:04 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote:
>>> Otherwise, you can simply send your exported key to the person you want to
>>> give your public key to.
>>
>> Yeah so, I can attach the .asc file that's in my
seems as though my entry into this realm was clearly... bad. I wanted
to learn the system without using separate encryption software like
kleopatra. I wanted to know how to do it with just gpg and any email
provider. It's difficult, and I have a lot to learn.
Don't do that. Seriously. This
> Well, it depends. We have no idea what the .asc file in Disk/users/SamiBadri
contains. It could be your public key. Or it could be somebody else's public
key. Or it could be something other than a public key.
That was my mistake. When I generated my first key pair I used the command:
gpg
> Did you notice the command is "gpg --import < certificate.txt"?
Yes, sorry. I did type the command correctly.
>> I placed the file in my .gnupg hidden folder.
>
> Then you'd need to do "gpg --import < ~/.gnupg/certificate.txt". If
certificate.txt isn't in your current directory, you need to
On Freitag, 17. Dezember 2021 18:04:04 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote:
> > Otherwise, you can simply send your exported key to the person you want to
> > give your public key to.
>
> Yeah so, I can attach the .asc file that's in my Disk/users/SamiBadri
> folder (it's the only .asc file I've
> On 18 Dec 2021, at 02:25, Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users
> wrote:
>
> As the FAQ says, "The good news is the internet is a treasure trove of
> information. The bad news is that the internet is a festering sewer of
> misinformation, conspiracy theories, and half-informed speculations all
What other keys would it hold?
Behold:
pub ed25519/1E7A94D4E87F91D5 2021-02-22 [SC]
7D8EC4B85B6FEDD6C10D3C791E7A94D4E87F91D5
uid [ultimate] Robert J. Hansen
uid [ultimate] Robert J. Hansen
sub cv25519/7D6CCDB66CA1202F 2021-02-22 [E]
My public
> Key(s): a certificate holds at least one, but usually more than one.
I see. So, a certificate (aka pgp public key block) holds at least
one key (+ pertinent metadata that changes/updates depending on use,
etc.), but usually more. What other keys would it hold? The paired
secret key? No.
The document snapshot analogy really helps.
I'm glad it's helped!
No, and I'm going to strongly encourage you to stop asking
implementation questions.
I think I'll take that advice.
When you think you're ready, we'll be here to answer your implementation
questions. It would break my
> Please reply inline unless your email client makes this difficult.
I will be doing that from now on. I'm not sure of any other way
besides manually copying and pasting, but that's not a problem.
> There is a Frequently Asked Questions document that you may want to read if
you haven't done so
> Think of them as two different snapshots of the same
document at different points in time, as various minor edits are made to
it. But the important bits, the stuff you care about, will be
consistent through revisions so long as the fingerprint remains unchanged.
The document snapshot analogy
Please reply inline unless your email client makes this difficult. As you can
see from the replies to your messages that's what we prefer on this mailing
list. It helps to make the context of the replies more clear.
There is a Frequently Asked Questions document that you may want to read if
That key block did not match the one on his profile. That’s what
confused me. But I’m learning (from you guys) that the key blocks
don’t necessarily have to match. So I can assume that:
More accurately, they're very unlikely to match. The version on his
site may lack some signatures or user
Thank you guys. This is helping.
No, I did not export the key. Using the fingerprint, I downloaded the
asc file from openpgp.org and placed it into my disk/users/SamiBadri,
and then used the command: cat filename, to reveal the key block.
That key block did not match the one on his profile.
Hi S.B.,
* "S.B. via Gnupg-users" [2021-12-16; 10:37]:
> maybe I'm not explaining it well. I was able to import a public key using:
>
> gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
>
> the fingerprint was provided to me by the intended recipient via their
> profile page.
when i compared the imported pgp public key block (which I obtained
using the import command and the provided fingerprint) to the
displated pgp public key block, they didn't match
shouldn't they match?
No.
The key block is not a human-readable format. It's a binary format
that's meant to be
On Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2021 16:37:30 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote:
> maybe I'm not explaining it well.
Indeed.
> I was able to import a public key using:
>
> gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
>
> the fingerprint was provided to me by the intended
maybe I'm not explaining it well. I was able to import a public key using:
gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
the fingerprint was provided to me by the intended recipient via their
profile page.
the profile page also displayed the pgp public key block
when i
On Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2021 12:52:28 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Here is my situation: I have imported a public key using
> gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
>
> *provided by the intended recipient on their profile page
>
> The person also displayed
Hello GnuPG world,
I'm a new (and obsessed) pgp user, so please bear with me. Also, I
hope I'm in the right place. I read through some archives and the
questions seemed a little advanced. I hope I'm not annoying anyone
here.
I use GnuPG 2.3.3 on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS Monterey (v.
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