How do you decrypt coded email?

How did you "Install" the public keys?

Zach,

I do not remember how I did it. It gave me a key to sign the Ubuntu Code
of Conduct --and then I found three coded messages in my InBox that I
could not decrypt, which is why I have turned to you people for help.

ken

On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 12:02 +0000, Zach K wrote:
> Your question #87054 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/87054
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Zach K requested for more information:
> How did you "Install" the public keys?
>

     When you created the key, you had to create a passkey to use for decrytping. There is a page following the one on how to sign the code of conduct that explains it more thoroughly.

In order to get to the bottom of things, I am going to delete both key and passkey and start over with your help - ie- guidance.

My memory fails me sometimes, and this is one of them. Can you give me the URL to set up a key/passkey?

ken

Ok to make a OpenPGP or OpenGPG key you go to Applications -> Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption Keys. Choose "File", choose "New", and then choose, "PGP Key". It's easy after that. When you have completed those steps let me or Larry Jordan know.

Larry and Zach,
Your request is done. Now how do I use it to break encoded msg's?

ken

On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 22:36 +0000, ZachK_ wrote:
> Your question #87054 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/87054
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> ZachK_ proposed the following answer:
> Ok to make a OpenPGP or OpenGPG key you go to Applications ->
> Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption Keys. Choose "File", choose
> "New", and then choose, "PGP Key". It's easy after that. When you have
> completed those steps let me or Larry Jordan know.
>

Done.

However, I have an uneasy feeling about it. How do you know if a key has been bcst to the public and how do you determine if you have a secret key?

ken

ken@ubuntu:~$ wget -O alsa-info.sh http://212.20.107.51/alsa-info.sh
--2009-10-28 16:16:15-- http://212.20.107.51/alsa-info.sh
Connecting to 212.20.107.51:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh [following]
--2009-10-28 16:16:22-- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh
Resolving git.alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Reusing existing connection to 212.20.107.51:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 26584 (26K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `alsa-info.sh'

100%[======================================>] 26,584 53.6K/s in 0.5s

2009-10-28 16:16:23 (53.6 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [26584/26584]

ken@ubuntu:~$
ken@ubuntu:~$ bash alsa-info.sh --pastebin
ALSA Information Script v 0.4.58
--------------------------------

This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic
information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware.

  dmesg
  lspci
  lsmod
  aplay
  amixer
  alsactl
  /proc/asound/
  /sys/class/sound/
  ~/.asoundrc (etc.)

See 'alsa-info.sh --help' for command line options.

Automatically upload ALSA information to pastebin? [y/N] :

sorry,
I dumped some information in the wrong place.

ken

sorry,
I dumped some information in the wrong place.

ken

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I never got an answer to my basic question, to wit how do I use the keys to decode an incoming message?

You probably have to "install" (i.e. to declare) the keys (through the options/preferences settings) of your email client.

I used it for google mail and Firefox, in this case I installed an extension for Firefox called FireGPG (works for Google mail, other webmails I don't know)