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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: geg2102 on November 29, 2012, 02:03 pm
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Hi,
I think I have set up PGP on my computer (a mac), but I wanted to know if it is possible for someone to have a practice conversation with me?
One specific question I have: I have been writing the messages in TextEdit and then selecting it and choosing to encrypt it. When I do this, a list of the public keys I have imported comes up and I can select whose name I want. But, then there is also some on the bottom of the dialog box that says Secret Key: __________________ and then there are check boxes with the option 'sign' and the option 'add to recipients'. It seems that to encrypt my message I have to select my secret key (I am the only option) and then I don't need to check any boxes. Should I?
Thanks for your help and I look forward to our practice PGP conversation!
Here is my public key:
EDITED THE POST!! WILL INSERT NEW KEY LATER!
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Sure; usually people go to the PGP club thread for that, but it never hurts to practice (for me either I mean).
Ummm... so yeah, you've got a sort of real sounding name and a gmail address for this key. I think you may want that... not there?
Edit: okay, well I let you know -- if it's real information, definitely change it. And edit your post. I'm going to just assume it isn't. You use other people's public keys to encrypt messages for them -- it's a key pair system. A private key has a public key that's paired with it, and if you want a message to only be readable by one person, you encrypt with THEIR public key so they can decrypt with THEIR private key.
So if I write you a message, I use your public key. To write me one, you use mine. That said, I don't understand what you mean when you say a list comes up with keys you've imported, but then go on to say you're the only one selectable. Are they greyed out, and only yours is available, you mean?
That's probably because you don't have it set to let you use keys that you haven't marked as "trusted." If you can find an option for that, it'll fix it, I think. By the way, don't ever sign messages: it proves you wrote it, and it doesn't really matter for our purposes if it was really you or not (which is what signing a message proves -- your identity).
First one's my sentence to you, second is my key if you want to use it to encrypt one for me.
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=fp73
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Oh, I see what you meant. No. Do not select your secret key or check the signature box -- sorry, I was having a little trouble imagining what you were staring at. If you do a forum search for PGP Club, you can practice all you want -- or write one back for me. Whatever you like :)
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Wow thanks for your help. I don't know what I was thinking. See message and new key below (I was able to read your message no problem).
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=lIMG
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
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=03CE
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----