Collaborate Disseminate
The GnuPG documentation lists an option called –export-options parameters. One of the possible parameters for this option is backup (aliased export-backup).
The description for –export-options backup states:
Export for use as a backup. … Continue reading Understanding GnuPG –export-options backup
As far as I know, when Alice sends an encrypted email using PGP to Bob then the email will be encrypted using Bob’s public key. Only Bob can decrypt it (as long as no one else has Bob’s private key).
As far as I know, Thunderbird implement… Continue reading Reading locally-stored emails sent encrypted
I’m wondering why trust management is essential to PGP public-key rings?
and what relationships between the four fields of a public-key ring:
Owner Trust
Key Legitimacy
Signature(s)
Signature Trust(s)
Continue reading Why is trust management essential for Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) key rings?
I have just extended the expiry date of my GPG key by following these instructions: Can you extend the expiration date of an already expired GPG key? I have previously backed-up my key. Do I need to backup again after extending its expiry … Continue reading Do I need to backup my GPG key again after extending its expiry date?
We have two networks. Both are disconnected from the Internet and from one another. They can’t use a common CA or key storage service. What’s the best way to distribute and store public keys from A to B:
Write the public keys to .pem file… Continue reading Storing public keys from another organization [closed]
I would like to import a private key into GPG so I did:
gpg –allow-secret-key-import –import /path/to/key/key.asc
gpg: key 51D5DF493ECAFF88: "John Doe <john.doe@acme.com>" not changed
gpg: key 51D5DF493ECAFF88: secret key… Continue reading Import secret key into GnuPg doesn’t work?
Are there benefits to set an expiration date on a PGP primary key which is only used offline?
Is setting an expiration date only on the subkeys enough?
As of Thunderbird 78, the support for PGP plugins such as Enigmail has been dropped in favour of a native implementation of pgp in Thunderbird’s core. But some features of Enigmail are still missing. One of those features is to create some… Continue reading How to workaround Thunderbird 78’s lack of support for encrypted mailing lists?
I have been using pgp for years now, but usually email the person my public key and compare its fingerprint over the phone or give it to them in person on a stick. I thought I might try out the key servers a while ago and uploaded a public… Continue reading pgp public key failed to propogate
For an company with sensitive customer relations and above average secrecy how much does it make sense to implement S/MIME or PGP for providing their E-mails the verification functionality (please correct me if I’m wrong), which most E-mai… Continue reading Is there any point in using PGP or S/MIME when your receipients mostly don’t use it?