Am I Missing Something?
Carlos Williams
carloswill at gmail.com
Thu May 29 16:21:48 CEST 2008
I am trying to generate a key and start using it with Mozilla Thunderbird /
Enigmail & I am obviously missing something. I generated a key on my system
using the following command:
cwilliams at tunafish:~$ gpg --gen-key
You can see below exactly what I did and I am now unclear once I created
this key how to start using it with my email client. Am I missing something?
Please select what kind of key you want:
(1) DSA and Elgamal (default)
(2) DSA (sign only)
(5) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 1
DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
ELG-E keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048)
Requested keysize is 2048 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
0 = key does not expire
<n> = key expires in n days
<n>w = key expires in n weeks
<n>m = key expires in n months
<n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0)
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y
Real name: Carlos Williams
Email address: cwilliams at example.org
Comment:
You selected this USER-ID:
"Carlos Williams <cwilliams at example.org>"
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
..+++++.++++++++++++++++++++..++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++....+++++..+++++++++++++++.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...+++++..+++++++++++++++>....+++++.+++++>+++++....+++++^^^
gpg: key XXXXXXX marked as ultimately trusted
public and secret key created and signed.
gpg: checking the trustdb
gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
pub 1024D/XXXXXX 2008-05-29
Key fingerprint = 5646 E345 DE00 5E55 555C 5555 E5AD 5F0C C5B5 55CB
uid Carlos Williams <cwilliams at example.org>
sub 2048g/XXXXXXX 2008-05-29
Now I can see the following when I list the keys:
cwilliams at tunafish:~$ gpg --list-keys
/home/carl/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
----------------------------------
pub 1024D/XXXXXXX 2008-05-29
uid Carlos Williams <cwilliams at example.org>
sub 2048g/XXXXXXX 2008-05-29
Thanks for any help!
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