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pgp/gpg public keys

Post by Pigeon » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:42 pm

Public keys are to be posted in this thread.

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Re: pgp/gpg public keys

Post by Pigeon » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:42 pm

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Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32)

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=D5gZ
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Re: pgp/gpg public keys

Post by MrPenny » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:04 pm

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=i2Yc
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This key can also be retrieved from pgp.mit.edu with the Key ID of 0x474A6D58

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Re: pgp/gpg public keys

Post by Pana » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:47 am

What is a public key?
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Re: pgp/gpg public keys

Post by Pigeon » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:04 am

The distinguishing technique used in public key cryptography is the use of asymmetric key algorithms, where the key used to encrypt a message is not the same as the key used to decrypt it. Each user has a pair of cryptographic keys — a public encryption key and a private decryption key. The publicly available encrypting-key is widely distributed, while the private decrypting-key is known only to the recipient. Messages are encrypted with the recipient's public key and can be decrypted only with the corresponding private key.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_encryption

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Re: pgp/gpg public keys

Post by Pana » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:00 am

It's hard for me to understand this as I don't have a mathematical / formula kind of mind.

Question though: how can the keys be different from each other but are able to still correspond to 'open up the message'.

(I'm thinking secret messages/WWII stuff. - Am I out to lunch?)
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Re: pgp/gpg public keys

Post by Pigeon » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:14 am

The key pair are mathematically linked. They are numbers.

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