GNUPG 1.0

[Todd A. Jacobs]

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On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 erikg@nbnet.nb.ca wrote:

> something, someone that has my public key but let's say is running PGP
> whatever version, they *can* decrypt my messages right?

Only the owner of the secret key can decrypt a message once it has been
encoded for that key. In short, the answer is "no."

> question... What's the use of signing a file/message ? 

The same as signing anything else in life: the prove that you really sent
something, or wrote something.

> really understand the trust thign.. I typed gpg --edit-key Acid-Duck

You assign trust based on how much you trust the owner of the key to
authenticate other keys. 

- -- 
Todd A. Jacobs
Network Systems Engineer

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