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Second Serie | Part 17 : Key transition
It happens a moment in the life of a man, where he has to shift his keys.
There are all sorts of good reasons to renew your GPG keys. Like, you have too much sub-keys, some out of validity while some …
Second Serie | Part 16 : Going to a gpg signing party
GPG has an important social aspect: it allows people to communicate safely. And it begins in itself by being social: you have to exchange digital ID !
[…] NB : OpenKeyChain software allows to …
Second Serie | Part 15 : Using gpg in command line
As usual, using gpg in command line is extremely powerfull. Opposite, there are a number of things you cannot do in graphical interface.
[…] You run the command this way:
[…] As said …
Second Serie | Part 14 : Publish a signing policy
Have you read all the articles ?
[…] It is a form of commitment as “digital citizen”. A sort of legal document, even though not
[…] It allows also others to assess your level …
Second Serie | Part 13 : Various security aspects
One of the subjects I haven’t yet talked about is the safety of your keys. Have a look :
[…] As I just saw it today, the passphrase choice is quite an important matter as you have to use …
Second Serie | Part 12 : Export and import public and private keys
It has been some time since I have not written here. Let’s come back.
You know why you should protect your communications and the basics of it.
You have also:
[…] If you wish to read and …
Second Serie | Part 11 : Some details about keys and maths
How many times did I tell you about keys, public, private in those previous articles ?
[…] You still don’t know about it really. Let’s figure it now !
[…] This is a one-way function : …
Second Serie | Part 10 : GPG Conf'
Most people who send me their public key while reading « Part 4 : Create and export your keys » actually sent me a key with a slightly wrong detail : the self-signature is not safe.
For a reminder, I …
Second Serie | Part 9 : Encrypt files
In the previous article, I told you about signing files.
[…] You can read also the first serie or the second one :
[…] I am now going to tell you about encrypting files. The aim is to …
Second Serie | Part 8 : Sign files
First article of this new serie.
You can see the articles of the first serie here and the following here :
[…] I am going to explain how to sign and check files. It is turning a bit technical. …