On 05/03/2013 08:45 AM, Lema KB wrote: <SNIP> Werner is of course correct but since you need to do a send to userid_1, userid_2, and userid_3 you will need the public key for all three of the recipients. You need the public key for each person you want to send a public key enciphered (encrypted) file or message to.
Public / Private Key Enciphering - encrypted with the other person's (or people's) public key(s). No pass-phrase is required. - can only be decrypted by the person (or people) that has the private key(s) that is associtated with public key(s) that the file or message was encrypted with. They also need to know the pass-phrase unless the pinentry program decides to supply their pass-phrase forever. Don't laugh too loud. It happened to me. I must provide my pass-phrase again now. Thank goodness! Private / Public Key signatures (used for verification) - the file or message is signed with your private key. You must use your pass-phrase when signing. This was most critical for the pinetry supplying the pass-phrase for me. You should be required to supply the pass-phrase for all signings with the only laxity being a one-time supply of pass-phrase for a batch of files. - verified with your public key with them importing it and then giving it the proper (hopefully) level of trust when they edit and lsign / sign your public key. They have known you all your life? Then your key deserves the highest level of trust no matter what you do in life. The verification is that the person is really who they claim to be. My primer reference book is "PGP & GPG, Email For The PRACTICAL Paranoid" by Michael W. Lucas. I hope he gives another edition some time since GPG4Win has improved and simpliied a lot of things for Windows users. Disclaimer: I do NOT get a cut of the profits from the sale of the book. HHH _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
