18 January 2010 Comments

Add pgp/gpg encryption to gmail

This article will show you how to get started with gpg encryption and how to use it with gmail.
Installing gpg and generating a set of keys
First, lets install some necessary packages
1 sudo aptitude install gnupg gnupg-agent xsel
Now, generate your public and private keys with [...]


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9 January 2010 Comments

How To Create Your Own GPG Key

The GPG key (which means Gnu Privacy Guard, aka GnuPG) can be used for many things like signing your packages, sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, etc. I am writing this how-to because I plan to write an article on creating .deb packages the right way, and for that you will need to sign them [...]


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