GPG Asymmetric Encryption

So you have your keys all set up, you’ve found a dozen people to sign them and you’ve entered the web of trust. Now you have an extremely confidential file, let’s say your tax records, and you want to send them to your accountant.

The first step is to find your accountants key. You know from [...]

Setting Up GPG Keys

Yesterday you may have read my GPG Symmetric Encryption Guide. The last tip on that page was that you should setup GPG keys and publish them on a keyserver. I say this because publishing GPG keys allows you to encrypt things for anyone else who has published their GPG keys without contacting them and exchanging [...]

GPG Symmetric Encryption

I often come into a situation where I have to exchange some important confidential file with somebody who doesn’t have GPG keys setup. Explaining how to setup keys can be a pain, especially if you believe that the user will lose them or simply forget how to use them. There are all manner of propriety [...]