Re: PGP
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- Subject: Re: PGP
- From: "Ravi Uday" <raviuday@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:23:57 -0700
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Thanks Marianne..
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:45 AM, Marianne Promberger
<marianne.promberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 21:20 (UTC-0700), Ravi Uday wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Maybe I am too lazy to google this stuff
>
> Apparently.
>
>> but what are PGP messages.. I
>> mean I see emails with
>>
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>> ..
>> ..
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>
>> etc so what does it mean ? Why does mutt support PGP ?
>
> The message was cryptographically signed. If you have the public key
> corresponding to the private key it was signed with (you can get this
> public key e.g. from a public key server), mutt can invoke a
> cryptographic program on your system (e.g. GnuPG) to verify that the
> signature was made with the private key corresponding to the public
> key you have.
>
> Whether the real-life identity of the person who claims to have sent
> the e-mail in fact is the only one having access to that private key
> is something that you would need to verify independently, and you
> should really google for that (e.g. "web of trust").
>
>> Do we need anything to have it setup in our mutt..
>
> Yes.
>
>> Or do we need PGP at all ??
>
> That depends on what you mean by "need".
>
> m.
>