Re: n00b

["Verde Denim" <tdldev () gmail com>]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Brandon Enright <bmenrigh () ucsd edu> wrote:

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> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 19:35:09 -0500
> "Verde Denim" <tdldev () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Brandon
> > Thanks for the link! I'll give this a read.
> >
> > OT - I got a message with this one that says this -
> > You don't have the private key to verify this signature. Do you want
> > to try to fetch it from the key server ? (A9A18FCC0B25F782)
> >
> > If I reply 'yes', it tells me that key retrieval failed. I'm not sure
> > why gmail would be asking me for a 'private' key.
> >
> > Jack
>
> Actually you'd need my *public* key to verify my signature.  I sign all
> my email with PGP, as do several others on this list.
>
> If you want to retrieve my key you can grab it from
>
> http://noh.ucsd.edu/~bmenrigh/ <http://noh.ucsd.edu/%7Ebmenrigh/>
> or
>
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x0B25F782&op=vindex&fingerprint=on
>
> If you are interested in what PGP is all about, see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy
>
> Brandon

I have a pgp key - but what threw me is gmail asking me if I want the
'private' key. It would have seemed ok to me if it asked me if I wanted to
import the 'public' key, but it didn't.


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