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PGP & GPG
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PGP & GPG

by Michael W. Lucas
April 2006
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
6h 28m
English
No Starch Press
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Index 193
PGPprefs.xml configuration
file, 168
adding licensing informa-
tion to, 169
photo ID
adding to key, 98
GnuPG and, 110–113
adding to key, 110–111
viewing photo on key,
111–112
WinPT for adding,
112–113
and OpenPGP keys, 36
to verify identity, 85
plaintext, 15
plug-ins for GnuPG, 119
policy-based encryption and
signing rules, 125
ports/packages system, for in-
stalling GnuPG, 67
posting public key to website, 79
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). See
PGP (Pretty Good
Privacy)
private information,
OpenPGP for, 84
private key, 22. See also keys
backup, 45
deleting after revocation cer-
tificate creation, 49
file storage, 168
losing, 26
to open saved encrypted
email, 120
and passphrases, 24–26
Properties, 50, 51, 52
re-importing, 49–50, 50
theft of, 159
USB flash drive for, 158 ...
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