Phil's PGP Docs

Welcome to my PGP Guide. I've been an avid PGP user for many years, I've given several talks on PGP, organized PGP key signing parties, and written various tools around PGP.

This site covers everything from an introduction to PGP, to when, why and how to use it. It also covers using it from various MUAs, the various types of PGP signatures and when the pros and cons of each. You will also find some tools to help you visuaulize your PGP web of trust, and more.

General

• Why use PGP? - Why do you want to use PGP, and what does it do for you?
• Installation - How to install PGP tools on UNIX, Windows, and mac.

PGP Keys

• Creating keys - Creating your own PGP keypair (see an alternative one for OS X here)
• PGP trust - A full guide to PGP trust - explicit, implicit, signing vs. trusting, etc.
• PGP key signing - Everything you need to know about when and how to sign keys. (Also see PIUS)
• Moving/Copying Keys - How to move or copy your key to another machine.

PGP and Email

NOTE: The following pages assumes you have GnuPG installed per the instructions above! You must complete that setup first.

• Configuring your MUA - How to setup a variety of email clients including Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, Mutt, and more!
• Clear-sign vs. PGP/Mime - This covers the two main types of email signatures (and one other), the pros and cons of each, and the compatability of each with a variety of email clients.

Graphing Your Web of Trust

• Graphing your Web of Trust - Find out how to create cool graphs of your web of trust.

Slides of PGP Presentation

Here are the slides to some of the PGP presentations I've given. Each one is an updated version of the last, so your best bet is to view the most recent:

• USCLUG 11/17/05
• UUASC 02/02/06

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