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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: OmNiVor on November 12, 2012, 08:29 am
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So yea title says it all lol at pluralizing dicks its late :P but yea can someone please run me through how to get pgp working with a mac omni has downloaded it and its in the top right but cant figure out or read exactly what to do after that PLEASE someone take the time!
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I'm also having trouble with GPG on my mac. I downloaded GPG tools and tried to follow along with the windows tutorial, but when I got to the part about actually encrypting messages... that's when things got different.
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Yop, I post something similar to your post not long time ago.
follow the link and you will see how I did step by step and where were my mistakes (corrected by guru)
If you have any questions feel free to ask (I know what it is, I've been stuck since days now trying to find out what was wrong)
However the explanations of Guru are really simple and clear so you should be able to make it reading the post.
Good luck
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=94601.0
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open up the program and click on the GPG tools in the menu bar, then services then add services. go to text and make sure all the gpg boxes are checked, and also check them under files. then close text edit and reopen it and you should be able to encrypt any text you type with any of the keys you have imported. if it doesn't make sense, sorry i'm new too. watch a youtube tutorial (not within tor and not while tor is running). best of luck
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Awesome, thanks for the link. I'm going to give that a try in the morning then I think that's the last thing I have to figure out before using SR.
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GPGTools is highly version dependent -- depending on which version of OS X you have, it may or may not work as expected. If you have Leopard (10.5) then you're pretty much out of luck. Your only option then will be using the command-line.
If you have Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8), the following instructions should be sufficient to allow you to get up and running.
Download and install the NIGHTLY BUILD of GPGTools: http://nightly.gpgtools.org/GPGTools_Installer-trunk.dmg
Once you have installed GPGTools, what you want to do is to go into System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Services.
Scroll down until you find the following entries. Be sure to put a check mark in the boxes to activate each keyboard shortcut.
Keyboard shortcuts:
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OpenPGP: Decrypt Selection: Shift-Command-D
OpenPGP: Encrypt Selection: Shift-Command-E
OpenPGP: Import Key from Selection: Shift-Command-I
OpenPGP: Insert My Fingerprint: Shift-Command-F
OpenPGP: Insert My Key: Shift-Command-K
OpenPGP: Sign Selection: Shift-Command-R
OpenPGP: Verify Signature of Selection: Shift-Control-V
REMEMBER, THESE SHORTCUTS ONLY OPERATE ON HIGHLIGHTED OR SELECTED TEXT.
N.B.: To properly be able to import PGP into GPGChain (via TextEdit) you need to change the default on TextEdit from .rtf to plain text. You can do that through the Format menu, or you can go through the main configuration menu, accessible by using Command-comma. Ensure the plain text radio button is selected.
Also ensure that the following are UNCHECKED in TextEdit preferences: smart quotes, smart dashes, smart links.
To select text within TextEdit, use Command-A to highlight the entire document, or use your mouse to selection the section that you want to verify/sign/encrypt/decrypt. It is highly recommended that you use only plain-text, as opposed to Rich Text (.rtf) format. Use Command-comma to bring up Preferences and ensure that the plain text radio button is checked.
Once your text is highlighted in TextEdit, (by pressing Comand-A) you then encrypt using Shift-Command-E. You will then be presented with a list of keys to encrypt to, that you have added to your PGP keyring:
Other Commands You May Need:
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OpenPGP: Decrypt File: Control-Command-D
OpenPGP: Encrypt File: Control-Command-E
OpenPGP: Sign File: Control-Command-S
OpenPGP: Verify Signature of File: Control-Command-V
Once you have setup these shortcuts, you can begin using GPG.
To encrypt a message to someone using GPG, you first need a copy of the recipient's PGP public key.
Once you have located someone's PGP public key, you should copy and paste it into TextEdit. Save the PGP key to a file; you can call the file, import.asc (or import.txt), for example. This saved file will usually be found in the Documents folder.
Launch GPG Keychain Access from the Applications folder. click on the Import icon in the upper left hand corner. GPG Keychain Access will then prompt you for the name of the file which contains the key to import. It will usually show you a list of files in the Documents folder. Click on the file named import.asc (or import.txt), and click ok. The PGP public key will then be imported into your PGP keyring.
To encrypt a message to a person, the message must be contained in a TextEdit document. Use Command-A to hightlight the entire document. Then use Shift-Command-E to encrypt. GPG will pop-up a list of public keys in your PGP keyring. Each key will have a little checkbox beside it which you can check, to select that particular key. If you were encrypting a message to me, you would put a check in the box beside my PGP key (Guru@SR).
When you click on OK, the plaintext (unencrypted) message in TextEdit will be replaced with the encrypted message. You can then copy and paste the encrypted message to enter it into a form on Silk Road, or anywhere else that it needs to go.
To decrypt a message sent to you by other people, you need to copy that message to the clipboard, and paste it into a TextEdit document. Again use Command-A to highlight all the encrypted message. Then use Shift-Command-D to decrypt the message. If the message is encrypted to your PGP public key, you will be prompted to enter your passphrase. Once the correct passphrase has been entered, and you click OK, then the message will be decrypted, and the decrypted text will be placed in the TextEdit document, replacing the encrypted message that was there previously.
Nightcrawler ( Tutorial originally written by Guru)
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If you have Leopard (10.5) then you're pretty much out of luck. Your only option then will be using the command-line.
For real?
Guess I'll fire up the ol' boot camp then. Thanks for all the info though.
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If you have Leopard (10.5) then you're pretty much out of luck. Your only option then will be using the command-line.
For real?
Guess I'll fire up the ol' boot camp then. Thanks for all the info though.
Unfortunately, that appears to be the case. If you're going to run Windows, I'd suggest using GPG4USB as your client. This sofware has a much easier interface than GPG4WIN. Also, it has excellent documentation (with screen-shots).
GPG4USB homepage: http://gpg4usb.cpunk.de/index.html
NC
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UGH I am using Mac too and it FUCKING SUCKS FOR PGP
Going to read this thread and try to figure it out later.
I am paralyzed by fear of PGP
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I can get my own key and import keys but encrypting messages is fucking impossible
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UGH I am using Mac too and it FUCKING SUCKS FOR PGP
Going to read this thread and try to figure it out later.
I am paralyzed by fear of PGP
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I can get my own key and import keys but encrypting messages is fucking impossible
Read my earlier posts and follow the instructions. GPG Keychain Access is only a PGP key manager, nothing more.
You need to follow my instructions to be able to enrypt/decrypt/sign/verify, etc.
NC
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The main issue here is that you wasted your money on a Mac.