-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 First of all, I don't think it's a good thing to have a key that never expire especially for the first one (when we don't really understand every aspect of OpenPGP) Secondly, It seems good, you now have a public private key. You can export your public key to give it to other person so they would be able to crypt mail they want to sent to you. Enigmail allow the generation of the key it's maybe easier than the terminal for new users, you can therefore use enigmail to export and send your public key to other people.
You can have a try with me if you want and send me your public key (it's useless to do those test on the list). _-Arnaud-_ ps: In thunderbird, when you look at this mail, you can clic on the little pen in the down right of the screen and import my public key from any keyserver. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJIPsCTAAoJEFgy9SDyxO8haOUH/jpK0h2F6raQEDQ3K9Spvo2e uoPK0VxH1fEswSJgv+Hs7qWFgcMhEjjFvjTTl4BUlKyRX2CN0+4aD+SHpzYWXQkr HF/uROwhbFXB6nYI1UHcIIzxFV1zvGxinZcZy1BiwcUO/VEmXOzTUBTDIHzeaxi6 Zs1jM/jFePHLh/nT2ONWKt+2M1e0mlWfuzNS89Gs9Z9YMWDdne0aS2BpZZQWYUnp 4vea7miv9zCO3omdcRHHEgh6sb7asUilEp7FEPHNlUw9jZ+wr8pMche9Oy2HXIVA czsJoL/oUmV3Apmd0+xu9oGOnFPBdX3xcM8lOJzagz3jJJ/WW4PoRhOmsymQ99o= =GN+r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- 2008/5/29 Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am trying to generate a key and start using it with Mozilla Thunderbird / > Enigmail & I am obviously missing something. I generated a key on my system > using the following command: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpg --gen-key > > You can see below exactly what I did and I am now unclear once I created > this key how to start using it with my email client. Am I missing something? > > Please select what kind of key you want: > (1) DSA and Elgamal (default) > (2) DSA (sign only) > (5) RSA (sign only) > Your selection? 1 > DSA keypair will have 1024 bits. > ELG-E keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long. > What keysize do you want? (2048) > Requested keysize is 2048 bits > Please specify how long the key should be valid. > 0 = key does not expire > <n> = key expires in n days > <n>w = key expires in n weeks > <n>m = key expires in n months > <n>y = key expires in n years > Key is valid for? (0) > Key does not expire at all > Is this correct? (y/N) y > > Real name: Carlos Williams > Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Comment: > You selected this USER-ID: > "Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O > You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key. > > We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform > some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the > disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number > generator a better chance to gain enough entropy. > ..+++++.++++++++++++++++++++..++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++....+++++..+++++++++++++++.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...+++++..+++++++++++++++>....+++++.+++++>+++++....+++++^^^ > gpg: key XXXXXXX marked as ultimately trusted > public and secret key created and signed. > > gpg: checking the trustdb > gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model > gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u > pub 1024D/XXXXXX 2008-05-29 > Key fingerprint = 5646 E345 DE00 5E55 555C 5555 E5AD 5F0C C5B5 55CB > uid Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > sub 2048g/XXXXXXX 2008-05-29 > > Now I can see the following when I list the keys: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpg --list-keys > /home/carl/.gnupg/pubring.gpg > ---------------------------------- > pub 1024D/XXXXXXX 2008-05-29 > uid Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > sub 2048g/XXXXXXX 2008-05-29 > > Thanks for any help! > _______________________________________________ > 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
