Explain it again, Sam

[John Clizbe]

Wayne Chandler wrote:
> I would appreciate a few recommendations for online PGP primers.  PGP
> for dummies, I guess.  I have OpenPGP on Thunderbird, and I would like
> to understand purpose, usage, and best practices.  Again, I'm going
> for learning and understanding, not just having another application on
> my machine that isn't used.

Since you're using Thunderbird, I guess it's a safe assumption you're also
using Enigmail. There is a list of Useful Resources at the bottom of each of
the Monthly Newsletters. (most recent:
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/newsletters/2005-09.html)

Here is some of the one's that may be most useful.

OPENPGP CONCEPTS AND TUTORIALS

The GNU Privacy Handbook:
   http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html

Michael Diagle's Web of Trust page:
   http://home.cogeco.ca/~mdaigle/trust/wot.html

USEFUL SITES

Tom McCune's PGP Page:
   http://www.mccune.cc/PGP.htm

Jim Willingham's PGP Site:
   http://www.cooke.net/~jwillingham/pgppg.htm

David S. Jackson's PGP Resources Page:
   http://www.dsj.net/pgp/resources.html

Rubin.ch PGP Page:
   http://www.rubin.ch/pgp/pgp.en.html

Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG) Mini Howto:
   http://webber.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto.html

German/Deutsche Pages:
Anleitungen und Einführungen:
   http://kai.iks-jena.de/misc/anleitung.html

Eric Howes Privacy & Security Page:
   https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/main.htm

OTHER MAILING LISTS

Enigmail mailing list
   Enigmail at mozdev.org
http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/enigmail

PGP-Basics mailing list:
   PGP-Basics at yahoogroups.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PGP-Basics/

-- 
John P. Clizbe                      Inet:   John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
You can't spell fiasco without SCO. PGP/GPG KeyID: 0x608D2A10/0x18BB373A
"what's the key to success?"        / "two words: good decisions."
"what's the key to good decisions?" /  "one word: experience."
"how do i get experience?"          / "two words: bad decisions."

"Just how do the residents of Haiku, Hawai'i hold conversations?"

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