- What Is PGP? GPG?
- Why Should You Care?
- Is GPG Hard to Use?
- Does It Work with Other Crypto Programs?
- Where Can You Find GPG?
- How Does It Work?
- How to Install It
- How to Use It
- Passphrase
- Generate Your Key
- Export Your Key
- Key Management Window
- Importing a Key via the Clipboard
- Importing a Key from the Key Server Network
- Open the GPG Text Editor
- Right-Click Menu
- File Encryption/Decryption
- Problems?
- Possible Legal Hazards
- Resources
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Generate Your Key
Open the "Generate key" dialog box from Key Management-KGpg > Keys > Generate Key Pair. Fill in the prompts in the Key Generation screen (see Figure 1); leave the defaults as is unless you’re sure you know why you want to change them.
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Figure 1 Initial key generation screen
You learned how to create a good passphrase in the previous section. Figure 2shows where you enter it.
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Figure 2 Enter passphrase
The next thing you see is the screen shown in Figure 3.
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Figure 3 Generating a new key pair
This process might take a minute or two (or longer with longer key lengths). Once complete, you’ll see the New Key Pair Created screen (see Figure 4).
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Figure 4 You’ve got a new key.
The new key (A.Lizard-test) is also included on the Key Management Window section that follows.