As some might know, PGP is a way to encrypt or sign messages. I’m using GPG (Hey you misspelled it,- no i did not) for quite a while now and thought i’d write this little post about it. First of all some background.
PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy and became commercial some years ago. GPG is the free alternative. GPG can be used to encrypt and decrypt messages and documents using certificates. For _all_ the information on PGP visit Wikipedia. Though you should use GPG.
So how does it work? Well Each party creates a Public and a Private key. The Public
is the one that you send to other parties and the Private is the one you should guard with your life. When someone encrypts a message with your Public Key, your Private key allows you to decrypt it, and since it is signed with the others Public key, the matching Private key allows for decryption as well. »Read More
