But doesnt GPG generate 2 private keys (as well as public keys) when you create a new keypair?
Please select what kind of key you want: (1) RSA and RSA (default) (2) DSA and Elgamal (3) DSA (sign only) (4) RSA (sign only I can understand if you use DSA and Elgamal (DSA can only sign) but what about RSA and RSA? On 1 March 2011 13:54, da...@gbenet.com <da...@gbenet.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hello, > > People encrypt to your public key - you de-crypt with your private key. You > sign with your > private key. It's that simple > > David > > Guy Halford-Thompson wrote: >> Not GPG specific, but I was wondering if someone could point me in the >> direction of some resources that explain why we use different keys to >> sign and encrypt (for cases where the same key _could_ do both e.g. >> RSA). I cant seem to pick anything up on google. >> >> Thanks >> > > - -- > “See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons, no body. Nothing > of the kind. > Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of > death. No delusion.” > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJNbPqEAAoJEOJpqm7flRExLo0IALyNI0IGDXLa2Wd/SgAiZH6/ > Sq4Ef9BOk/L0g1JczyVIcRrs7aeSdo7K935wcRCDgFw8pH3jsd8xBU+jdQyjEsL4 > lrA+GFo0BE5p/Ksa10cNGWzw3n2dJsrGgAYGv+jkdVjlGFI7RsOo4MWv5orYATZ3 > B/Oyc/rUM5q5BoZbdihn5nysCScmGACyQbpwOOG1rQZ7U7IiqtxwoBrJwFaMNzHX > lFs5GjWqtxfbCRl2GfyZN8ghRK6mZR+6WmDDmZRQ3sw1li7bw9M/2z1DNnHuGwr8 > fNhifuvqMUlVe/KdEiW1I2mcKwyMSc0oUuwT1Neqk8nIUkIarSBeNWys0sWT1Bw= > =5AWK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Guy Halford-Thompson - http://www.cach.me/blog _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
