Re: Encrypting email

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I did something to set Adam's key as "trusted". If you right click on a
key you should see a list of options. One is "set key trust".

Oh, I did get Adam's key using the command line tools. I used the MIT
server. Can't remember how I did the search but it gave me a short list
of "Adam's". I didn't do anything with that though.

I'm not sure why the command line tools work but Enigmail can't get the
key. You should be able to search using the key ID and get the key
you're looking for.

If we are having this much trouble there's no way the average user is
going to encrypt email.

I can see a business using it. You would have to train all the users but
it could be done.

Jim Gribbin wrote:
> Adam's, I had no problem with. I got it from the German keyserver I
> mentioned. The keyserver you used, I had to download your key as an
> ASCII file and import it from there. Joshua Kluger sent me his key in an
> email. Had no problem importing it, but couldn't sign it.
>
> Have you been able to sign or set trust levels using Enigmail's tools on
> the Linux side? The only way I could do it was use GnuPGs command line
> tools. couldn't find anything in the Enigmail docs or forums either.
> Guess I'll have to post something asking.
>
> Less than useful for Joe Average end user.
>
> Jim
>
> Damien Hull wrote:
>
>
>>I can't get it working on Linux. I'm on FC3. I put the MIT server in my
>>list but I couldn't get Adam's PGP key. I had to download it and import
>>it manually.
>>
>>I've also had some trouble checking Adam's email. It once told me his
>>email was bad. Something about the PGP key or sign or something.
>>
>>Looks like they have some work to do on securing email.
>>
>>Jim Gribbin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This is the message I accidentally sent encrypted yesterday.
>>
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>>>I've been doing some playing around with OpenPGP using Enigmail w/
>>>Thunderbird on W2K.
>>
>>>Can't seem to get it all working correctly. It won't let me sign any
>>>keys using Enigmail's tools. I can sign them using gnupg's command
>>>line tools.
>>
>>>It also won't let me send or receive keys at the Key Server you're
>>>using, but it will let me from at least one other.
>>>random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de. The only way I could get your key was
>>>to download it and import it manually.
>>
>>>I'm also noticing that just signing kills html mail. Not that that
>>>bothers me so much, but a lot of people like using html mail. It will
>>>make it harder to get the general public using it. I'm not sure I
>>>could ever get my sisters to give up the background wallpaper on their
>>>email.
>>
>>>Jim Gribbin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Damien Hull wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>We were talking about email security at the meeting last night. I'm
>>>>trying to setup pgp with Thunderbird.
>>>>
>>>>1. I have a public and private key
>>>>2. It's only set to last 6 months
>>>>3. I put the public key on a key server.
>>>>
>>>>I had know idea what a key server was until I started this project. You
>>>>don't have to use a key server but they seem like a good thing.
>>>>
>>>>You put your public key on the key server for others to look up. This
>>>>email has my digital signature. You can check if it's really me by
>>>>getting my pgp key from the key server.
>>>>
>>>>I won't know if this works until someone tries to verify my email.
>>>>
>>>>I used the following information to setup pgp in Thunderbird.
>>>>
>>>>http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/1557216
>>
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>>You can get my public PGP key at https://keyserver.pgp.com
>
>

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