[Garrett Smith]

I tried hushmail, but it doesn't work even with java 1.4.1.

Are there any free pgp mails for os x?

[xtal]

I haven't had a chance to experiment with any of these, but here are all that Versiontracker has.

http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new...amp;search=pgp

You could try running a Google search for more. Do post back if any of these work well, as I'm sure there are people interested (myself included).

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

Originally posted by Garrett Smith:
I tried hushmail, but it doesn't work even with java 1.4.1.

Are there any free pgp mails for os x?

I did a fink install gpg.
added the reveleant plug-in to mail.app and go I had the ability to sign/cvrypt and decrypt mails. The plug-in lies on a server inswitzerland. I don't have neither the name neither the url. but if you mail me I'll send those to you.

[cpac]

you can get PGP for individual use for free, just not the plug-ins for mail (rather than hitting an "encrypt" button, you have to select the text and choose "encrypt" from the services menu.

It's not as slick as the pay-for-it version, but it is pretty nice.

[ctbritt]

http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/ is the link for all your MacGPG needs. It's a GNUPL implementation of GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard) and it's fully compatible with PGP, works with Mail and Entourage (I think they have a Eudora plug, in but I don't know for sure) and it's all in all great.

[Garrett Smith]

Okay,

I've got it going now. I can send myself encrypted messages. What do I have to do to send others encrypted messages?

Do I need the person's public key?

I still don't understand how it works.

I'm using GPGMail with Mail plugin: http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/

[legacyb4]

Yup, having PGP and your own keys is good and all, but you will need to:

1) distribute your public key so that other PGP users can send you messages with encryption

2) likewise, get a list of public keys for people that you send mail TO so that you can encrypt messages with their public key

You will be able to sign your unencrypted message and a PGP user can verify that the contents haven't been altered in any way.

Have fun.

Originally posted by Garrett Smith:
Okay,

I've got it going now. I can send myself encrypted messages. What do I have to do to send others encrypted messages?

Do I need the person's public key?

I still don't understand how it works.

I'm using GPGMail with Mail plugin: http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

Do I need the person's public key?

In order to encrypt the mail : yes. To sign the mail, no.

I still don't understand how it works.

please read this

[Garrett Smith]

How do I know what my own public key is?

I got a key from random keystrokes, but this is my private key, right?

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

Originally posted by Garrett Smith:
How do I know what my own public key is?

I got a key from random keystrokes, but this is my private key, right?

nop. gpg --list-public-key should do what you need.

[Garrett Smith]

SO the one on the line 'pub' is my public key? Is the key the whole line with my email address, or is it just the token following the characters 'pub ' ? Do I include the letters pub? What exactly is my public key?

[Garrett-Smiths-Computer:~] garrett% gpg --list-public-key
---------------------------------

pub <isThisMyKey?> YYYY-MM-DD (username)
<email@address.com>
XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX [expires: YYYY-MM-DD]


Is the second line my private key?

XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX [expires: YYYY-MM-DD]


If I want to send email encrypted, then I first have to mail the 'pub' number to the recipient? Do I have to mail everything on the 'pub' line, or can I just use the number?

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

Originally posted by Garrett Smith:
SO the one on the line 'pub' is my public key? Is the key the whole line with my email address, or is it just the token following the characters 'pub ' ? Do I include the letters pub? What exactly is my public key?

[Garrett-Smiths-Computer:~] garrett% gpg --list-public-key
---------------------------------

pub <isThisMyKey?> YYYY-MM-DD (username)
<email@address.com>
XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX [expires: YYYY-MM-DD]


Is the second line my private key?

XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX [expires: YYYY-MM-DD]


If I want to send email encrypted, then I first have to mail the 'pub' number to the recipient? Do I have to mail everything on the 'pub' line, or can I just use the number?

You can use the number if your key is uploaded via

Code:
pgp --send-key keyID

, in order for this to work you need to edit your gpg config file and add the keyserver keywork.

If you do not want to upload the key then you need to send the complete listing so it can be added to our keychains.

[Garrett Smith]

Code:
[Garrett-Smiths-Computer:~] garrett% gpg --send-key
Do you really want to send all your public keys to the keyserver? (y/N) y
gpg: no keyserver known (use option --keyserver)

Okay, so how do I get a keyserver?

I still don't know my own public key; any help on my post above is appreciated.

[Garrett Smith]

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[Garrett Smith]

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[legacyb4]

FAQ says:

Q: How can I tell GPGMail to automatically retrieve public keys needed when encrypting or verifying a message?

You can configure gpg to automatically retrieve keys when verifying messages. Modify file $HOME/.gnupg/options (or use GPGPreferences) with TextEdit and add the following lines:

keyserver x-hkp://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net
keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve include-disabled include-revoked

There is no way yet to automatically retrieve public keys when encrypting a message, but the feature will probably be added to GPGMail in a future revision.

so I assume wwwkeys.us.pgp.net is one keyserver you can use.

In addition, a simple search on Google reveals:

http://www.google.com/search?q=gpg+public+keyservers

Cheers.

Originally posted by Garrett Smith:

Code:
[Garrett-Smiths-Computer:~] garrett% gpg --send-key
Do you really want to send all your public keys to the keyserver? (y/N) y
gpg: no keyserver known (use option --keyserver)

Okay, so how do I get a keyserver?

I still don't know my own public key; any help on my post above is appreciated.

[Garrett Smith]

no $HOME/.gnugp/options

[Garrett-Smiths-Computer:~/.gnupg] garrett% ls -al
total 48
drwx------ 8 garrett staff 272 May 22 12:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 32 garrett staff 1088 May 27 11:39 ..
-rw------- 1 garrett staff 7695 May 18 21:12 gpg.conf
-rw------- 1 garrett staff 1187 May 18 21:20 pubring.gpg
-rw------- 1 garrett staff 0 May 18 21:12 pubring.gpg~
-rw------- 1 garrett staff 600 May 22 12:54 random_seed
-rw------- 1 garrett staff 1336 May 18 21:20 secring.gpg
-rw------- 1 garrett staff 1280 May 18 21:55 trustdb.gpg

How can I find my public key? Thanks. I DID find keyservers a long time ago, but I could not submit what I thought to be my key.

I tried http://pgp.mit.edu/ and one other one (forgot now)

[Garrett Smith]

The replies do not answer the basic questions:

* How do I know EXACTLY what my public key is?
* How do I submit my key to a keyserver?