GPG

[Graham]

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On Wednesday 09 Apr 2003 7:03 pm, Paul Madore wrote:

> Hi Everyone, I'm new to this and the archive is a royal pain in the
> ass.
>
> So heres what I need to know, what do I use it for? How do I use it
> and what do I do to get it working under XP Pro?

You use GPG for encryption and signing of files and emails, just like=20
PGP.  Unlike PGP, GPG is a commandline program (even under Windows) so=20
unless you are used to console commands in Windows, I suggest you get a=20
GUI front end as well.

You can use the Windows version of GPG compiled on this site, or go to=20
http://www.nullify.org to get a different version compiled with a=20
different compiler which produces slightly more Windows-friendly code I=20
understand.

The two GUI fron ends available in Windows are WinPT and GPGShell (the=20
latter is not OpenSource if that matters to you).  You can get a link=20
to WinPT on this site and the nullify.org site has links to both=20
programs.

Although being here can help you, as a newbie to GPG, I would suggest=20
you also join the PGP-Basics mailing list (which covers GPG for=20
Windows) where members can download HOWTO documents which are more=20
Windows-centric and also ask some basic questions.  You can, of course=20
ask those questions here, as well.  PGP-Basics can be found at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PGP-Basics

And don't forget to READ the documentation and look at the gpg.conf file=20
in particular.

Good luck!

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Graham
GPG Keys at encryption.keys@ntlworld.com


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