[CoLoCo] OpenPGP keys? help.

[Andrew]

ok, never mind. I think i get it now.

PGP is public-key cryptography.
It works using key pairs.
A private and a public key.

I was under the impression that there was only one key. the public one.

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I signed the code of conduct, i believe it had me upload my key to the
> keyserver.ubuntu.com keyserver. Is there a way I can get my key back from
> the keyserver?
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:31 PM, ringo <ringo at coimc.org> wrote:
>
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> Andrew wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >     Unless you've got a backup of ~/.gnupg/ then yes, you'll need to
>> >     recreate it.
>> >
>> >
>> > No i don't.
>> >
>> >
>> > OK, so does that mean there is way of recreating my old key (which is
>> > listed on my launchpad page)? I would think that this is possible, since
>> > it say's people often use each other keys. Or Just to make a new random
>> > key? I'm new to this key and encrypted security idea. I like the idea,
>> > but i'm still new at it and have no idea what to do. Is there a some
>> > good documentation on the subject?
>> >
>> > Thanks for the help,
>> >
>> > -Andrew
>> >
>> You can't "recreate" the old key, ie you'll have to make a new one. If I
>> were you, I'd do this:
>> $sudo apt-get install seahorse
>> and then just run seahorse and generate your key with that.
>> ringo
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