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#Gpgwin key password
#Gpgwin key download

If you have a file whose icon looks like the one on the next screenshot you can just double-click on that file.

via email) there are two ways which are explained in the following sections. To import a public key which you got as a file (e.g. Now the certifying process is complete and you can use the new public key.

#Gpgwin key password

Confirm the password with a click on OK.

If you set a password for your key you have to enter your password/passphrase.

If you have more than one key pair select the private key you want to use to certify the new public key.This is important if you take encryption serious and want to be sure that you don't use any faked keys. Then follow the next section of this tutorial ( Certifying process)Īs written above when you certify a public key you claim that that key really belongs to the person you think this key belongs. This means you check if the key really belongs to the person you want to encrypt something to. A message appears where you can decide if you want to check the fingerprint of the public key.Click on Import to import the new public key.After some time a public key appears if the search was successful.Enter the email address of the person you want to encrypt something to.Todo: link to article about which keyserver to use and limitation of the new keyserver network

#Gpgwin key download

Download the public key from an external source (WKD server/ keyserver)ĭownload a public key from an external source (WKD server/ keyserver).

There are several ways and here we explain two of them: The next question is: How can you get that key? And how do you know that the pubkey you've gotten belong to the person that you want to communicat with. Isn't something missing? Yes, to encrypt a file to someone you need their public key. You created your own keys and are able to sign files and messages and now you want to encrypt to another person.

Download a public key from an external source (WKD server/ keyserver).

For new versions this process may differ.