if you mean pgp/gpg signing then it is an authentication method.using your key you sign your message which can then be verified by the recieveing party. it can also be used to encrypt messages only to be unencrypted by the party who is supposed to recieve it provided they too have a pgp/gpg key and you have their public key and they have yours. i dont know if this is a good explanation. you shoudl probably check the FAQ for the gnupg at: http://gnupg.org/ Rishabh
-- Rishabh Manocha http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/rmanocha **********Your Quote for the day********** A family with the wrong members in control - that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase. George Orwell, British novelist and essayist, The Lion and the Unicorn, 1941 ****************************************** On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, kapil dua wrote: > hi guys, what's this key signing ? am new bird in town of linux can any one help thanks in adv. kaps > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
