GPG/PGP Basics

GPG/PGP Basics

Okay, I knew less than I thought about GPG! The above link was helpful. GPGee may need to be configured. I did not get the comment info in the verify command initially so I configured GPGee. After I got the info, I cleared out the configuration parameters as a test. It was still ok. Here are some of the GPG commands I needed to refresh my memory on:

  1. gpg –refresh-keys –keyserver pgp.mit.edu
  2. gpg –import kurt.asc
  3. gpg –edit-key kurt@somebody.org
  4. The search pages for keyservers did not find my public key until I put the 0x at the front of uid. When in doubt use the email address!
  5. I actually was not able to verify my exported public key with the –verify command. I got an error about unexpected data. Huh?

Despite my obvious stumbles with GPG, GPGee works as advertised and it should make working with GPG signatures practically painless.