PGP & GPG

PGP Key Management 95

Fingerprint Comparisons

The next step is to confirm that the key you found is the same

one that I showed you. To do so:

1. Right-click the imported key and select Properties to open

the Key Properties screen, as shown in Figure 6-4. At the

bottom of the Key Properties screen, you’ll see the fin-

gerprint. (PGP provides fingerprints both in the standard

hexadecimal format and a biometric format made up of

words. Although the biometric format looks less intimidat-

ing, I have seen it only in software from PGP Corporation.

Everybody else I know of uses hexadecimal.)

Figure 6-4: The Key Properties screen

2. Compare the entire fingerprint ...