[Nottingham] key-signing - what next

[david at gbenet.com]

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On 09/05/12 08:10, James Moore wrote:
> On 09/05/2012 07:55, david at gbenet.com wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>> 
>> It was my birthday anyhow:
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>> So the question is "I've got someone's key I've signed it - so how do I get it back
>> to them?"
>> 
>> The answer is - export to a file - which saves the public key you have signed to a
>> file on your hard disk - if like me you have a lot of keys to sign and save you can
>> save as Martin TJ Jason.
>> 
>> Then you start your mail app and then you write an email to each recipient adding an 
>> attachment their key. Then you can digitally sign and encrypt to that recipients
>> public key.
>> 
>> You can do the same thing with your public key if users are not able to find it on a
>> key server - you export to file then start an email add an attachment (your public
>> key) and sign and send.
>> 
>> With openpgp - it has a function to import keys from a file attachment - or you can
>> use a programme like KGPG GPA Kleopatra - you open the file with a common editor
>> select all the txt and copy - then open the respective programme and open its editor
>> and then paste and then import - this will update your public key.
>> 
>> Once you have done this a few times (how ever many signed your key) you can  upload
>> it to a public key server - all the above programmes will upload a highlighted public
>> key to a key server as long as you have internet access :)
>> 
>> A little tip - if you have installed Linux for the first time then you will want to
>> run this command in a terminal gpg2 -k this will create the hidden folder .gnupg and
>> will create 3 txt files as defaults.
>> 
>> We ought to bring a Linux laptop so people can have a go at doing all this stuff.
>> 
>> <snip>
> Certainly doable. I have a virtualbox appliance I can clone and make available.
> Question though: does gpg2 come with a stock OpenSuSE 11.4/KDE install?
> 
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Yes gpg2 comes with opensuse 11.4 and 11.2. I can bring along a spare laptop - maybe
another if I put the screws back in :)

David

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