On 9/1/06, Steve Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get to the bottom of what GPG is and how it works. I > can't find a description that covers the absolute basics of what it > is, would anyone care to explain to me? Does it have anything to do > at all with the actual computer you create it on, or is it just > completely random? How does it actually provide proof of > identification, etc in practise?
That's a long and involved topic, I'm afraid. I'd start with the fairly good Wikipedia article on public-key cryptography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography And then move on to the GnuPG (GPG) handbook: http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html It's not something that can really be summed up in a few sentences in an email message. I assume you are interested because you need a GPG key to sign the Code of Conduct? You could probably jump right to the GPG handbook if you don't need convincing on how public-key cryptography works. -Eamonn -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
