How start quickly with GnuPG ?
from Gordon_F@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 01 Oct 2024 10:43
https://lemmy.ml/post/20905715

Hi,

I would like to use Gnupg to encrypt, sign… documents.

I’ve downloaded the Manual, it’s quite extensive. So the learning curve is proportional :)

I’ve tried the GPA GUI, but with it, it seem impossible to generate an ECC key…

So what would be your recommendation to be able to generate ECC keys, be able to encrypt, sign etc… with or without GUI.

Thanks.

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69420@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 2024 11:45 next collapse

Here’s a good place to start:

gpg --gen-key

Then follow the prompts.

PushButton@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 2024 13:42 next collapse

Not my blog, but you might find this useful.

Cheatsheet: devhints.io/gnupg

mosthated@feddit.nl on 01 Oct 2024 13:42 next collapse

If you use emacs, you can set up gnupg integration for easy encryption and decryption of files.

I would also read up on expiration of keys, and how you can export (backup) and import a key. The latter can also be useful if you want to use the same key on multiple devices.

mactan@lemmy.ml on 01 Oct 2024 15:23 next collapse

possibly one of the most insufferable tasks on Linux, I’ve never had luck with it

drwho@beehaw.org on 01 Oct 2024 16:11 next collapse

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done anything with GnuPG, but I still have the presentation I did some years back on my website. It might help.

JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl on 01 Oct 2024 18:32 next collapse

wiki.archlinux.org/title/GnuPG

You can create keys with a gui:

www.openpgp.org/software/kleopatra/

banshee@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 2024 21:11 next collapse

For what it’s worth, some say that PGP is bad and needs to go away. I found that article pretty interesting when learning sops.

PushButton@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 2024 17:32 collapse

TL;DR here.

GnuPGP is bad. It’s so bad, it’s terrible. Don’t use it, it’s the worst. You know this GNU? It’s bad, terrible.

Use this one instead, it’s coded in Rust…

Lol OK… Thanks I guess…

banshee@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 2024 19:21 collapse

You do you man. I’m just trying to share some information that helped me.

PushButton@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 2024 19:40 collapse

Don’t take it personally.

It’s how the guy who wrote the blog sounds like, it’s not toward you.

I tend to have a grain of scepticism when someone is declaring high and loud that something widely used us /just the worst/.

Also, it just happens his alternative is just: “use this instead, its made in Rust”

…

banshee@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 2024 21:06 collapse

These remarks could discourage others from reading a useful and well-written article.

I still use GnuPG on occasion, but I’ve benefited from incorporatingsops and age into repositories. They’re pretty slick.

imouto@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 2024 21:10 next collapse

Debian wiki has some good stuff, e.g. wiki.debian.org/Subkeys

rotopenguin@infosec.pub on 04 Oct 2024 01:25 collapse

If you think it’s hard to figure out GPG for yourself, well good luck finding and communicating with someone else who has also figured it out.