-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 OpenPGP is a protocol that is used on the end user machine, BY the end user. It allow them to encrypt the message so that only some selected person are allowed to read the mail, and it permit to the sender to sign the mail so the receiver can be sure that the content of the mail was not altered and is really from the sender.
So, as the administrator, you don't have to install anything on the mail server. But if you're also in charge with the end user machine, you have to install GPG on these machine (it is already installed on most linux distribution). I don't enter the detail but you really should understand the concept of public key encryption to explain it to the end users. - -- _-Arnaud-_ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJIPbNnAAoJEFgy9SDyxO8hGVkH/2I95RsWuoYkCbi+c5nGy1f8 KxzwHicIxD2DSHQEUu2q+8vtuIQLBQkJhjLMFC/A2grMyVsTTb2jqW1cDjuSH6+1 IN5OheOmhTBWiX/479dpuXabXDeBpDn+7utEUgcrl4pXtcEDjpsu6XYNnSwrJJvc 0b1kdORuZ4TEqWmZsizsZoP5sN2jnepN6xoJuLVSektLEKmCxK1mrHzNnVWfy9xz ihq3rd71TpYKk2xiGTGyXh25hD6nzIpzcQJFCIPkH8jWE0D49Rg9KmlELpq/GmDj zaO3hzm384/glGZMvstR/Xo7r01tRlcTZE7lg5+7B9RU+MusegWFfIo2fTUiBVk= =FuA+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- 2008/5/28 Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am the email administrator for my small company and have never dealt with > any kind of cryptographic software. I have several internal users on my > email server (Postfix) who have the need to send encrypted email to trusted > vendors so there will be some kind of public key exchange however I don't > understand where GPG fits in the puzzle and maybe someone can explain this > to me. I was told on a tech forum that PGP and / or GPG both are client side > applications and don't need to run on my email (Postfix) server. I contacted > PGP and they explained they have a client application that runs on the users > desktop that handles the key encryption and exchange however I would like to > use GPG and don't understand what the steps are that need to be done. > > I read their mini_howto guide: > > http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-1.html > > However this basically runs over the entire process and everything I need to > install this. I am just not clear on if I need to install GPG on my email > server or a stand alone server (or does it matter) and how this all works > with my current system. > > Please pardon my ignorance and thanks for any help and or info! > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
