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 ====== Privacy with GNU Privacy Guard ====== ====== Privacy with GNU Privacy Guard ======
 ===== Use ===== ===== Use =====
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 ==== General ==== ==== General ====
 There is a lot of documentation about GnuPG on the [[http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/index.en.html|official web site]]. For the impatient, I suggest to read a very nice and compact tutorial that can be found [[http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto.html|here]]. In particular, you should read the [[http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-1.html|Concepts]] and the [[http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-3.html|Using Keys]] chapters. There is a lot of documentation about GnuPG on the [[http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/index.en.html|official web site]]. For the impatient, I suggest to read a very nice and compact tutorial that can be found [[http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto.html|here]]. In particular, you should read the [[http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-1.html|Concepts]] and the [[http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-3.html|Using Keys]] chapters.
  
-Just a few obvious rules (that apparently are not that obvious to everybody ;-))+<note> 
 +Just a few obvious rules... that apparently are not that obvious to everybody ;-)
   * to encrypt a message (file) for your personal use, use your own public key   * to encrypt a message (file) for your personal use, use your own public key
   * to encrypt a message for a friend of yours, use his public key   * to encrypt a message for a friend of yours, use his public key
   * to sign a message: use your private key   * to sign a message: use your private key
 +</note>
  
 An handy way of sharing your public key is to upload it to a public key server like ''keys.gnupg.net''. This allows your friend to easily search and obtain your public key and vice-versa. To upload your public key, first decide which one to upload. Therefore list your keys An handy way of sharing your public key is to upload it to a public key server like ''keys.gnupg.net''. This allows your friend to easily search and obtain your public key and vice-versa. To upload your public key, first decide which one to upload. Therefore list your keys
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 GnuPG is installed by default on most Linux machines. GnuPG is installed by default on most Linux machines.
 **TODO** **TODO**
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