PGP & GPG

50 Chapter 3

Figure 3-13: Choose a key to import.

Figure 3-14: The private key import trust warning

Your key is now back on the list of keys—congratulations!

Note that the little circle to the far right is grayed out, however;

this key isn’t valid at the moment. You need to manually tell

PGP to trust this key.

Key Properties

To tell PGP to trust your re-imported key, begin by right-

clicking the key listing and selecting Properties to bring up

the key properties dialog box, in which you will make changes

to your personal keys (see Figure 3-15). The options here allow

you to change anything you want. You can make mistakes that

will impair your ability ...