Re: Is there a “ground-up” explanation of PGP/GnuPG?

On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:33, k...@rdw.se said: > Is there a "from the ground up" good guide to PGP that allows me to > break out of this pattern? You may watch Neal's "An Advanced Intro to GnuPG": Shalom-Salam, Werner -- Die

RE: Is there a "ground-up" explanation of PGP/GnuPG?

> Is there a "from the ground up" good guide to PGP that allows me to break > out of this pattern? Yes: RFC 4880. It's a highly technical guide to the entire OpenPGP standard. Once you have a basic understanding of what OpenPGP is and what it provides as far as capabilities go, the next step is

Re: Is there a “ground-up” explanation of PGP/GnuPG?

Hi - I liked The Code Book, by Simon Singh as a good start. It covers various (very various) code topics but it describes the PGP basics in plain talk. And now I know how an enigma machine works. On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Chris wrote: > I have asked this on HN[1] as well as Reddit[2]

Is there a “ground-up” explanation of PGP/GnuPG?

I have asked this on HN[1] as well as Reddit[2] too, but I realised you people might be a better audience for the question! (...And it gives me a good excuse to subscribe to my first mailing list!) Question below: Understanding how git works internally "from the ground up" has been incredibly help