GPG Usage tips

GnuPG (also called GPG) is a program that handles encryption, decryption and digital signatures. This page shows how to accomplish some typical operations, such as creating your initial key(-pair) and siging/encrypting documents.

The authoritative reference for this information is the [GNU Privacy Handbook].

Create a new key

gpg --gen-key

Sign a document or file

There are multiple was to do this. I find the detached signature the most useful

gpg -b filename

this creates filename.sig.

To verify the signature (this proves the original filename was not tampered with)

gpg --verify filename.sig

Generate the key fingerprint

TBD