Highlight the entire 'Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i' block, and

press 'ctrl-c' (ie, hold down the control key, and press the 'c'

key) or choose Edit -> Copy from your browser.

Minimize the browser and open PGP Keys.

Choose Edit -> Paste, and you'll see Satori's key in the

dialog window. The email address used is '[email protected]'.

Click 'Import'. Now you have Satori's public key, and you can

encrypt messages to him...and only him.

PGP ships with two public key servers built in. To see them,

open PGPKeys, and choose Server -> Search. The drop-down box

at the top of the Search Window will list an LDAP server at

PGP.COM and an HTTP connection to MIT.EDU. You can search for

keys by typing in the name of the user you are looking for...I

found the Happy Hacker's public key in a matter of seconds! I

just clicked on her key, and dragged it to my PGPKeys window...

Hint: For the search, use the UserID of 'Carolyn Meinel'.

[Creating a group of keys]

Now let's create a group of keys. What this does is keep several

keys together, so if you have several keys from friends and you

want to encrypt a file for all of them, you don't have to go about

encrypting the file for each person.

In PGPKeys, choose Groups -> New Group..., and enter the

information asked for.

Choose Groups -> Show Groups, and a lower dialog window will open

in PGPKeys, with the name of the group you just created.

To add keys to the group, highlight the key you want to add and

click 'ctrl-c' to copy the keys to the clipboard.

Highlight the group, right-click on it to open the popup menu,

and choose Paste. The keys will be pasted into the group.

[Making your public key public]

There are a couple of ways to make your public key available.

We'll describe two methods...using a public key server, or

saving the key to a text file so that someone else can import

it.

First, as stated above, PGP ships with two public servers...one

at PGP.COM, the other at MIT. When you are connected to the

Internet, open PGPKeys, select your key pair, and click Server ->

Send to, and choose the server you want to send your public key

to.

The other method is to save your public key to a file. This

file can be sent to your friends, or pasted into your signature

file on your email. To save your public key to a file:

Open PGPKeys, and select your key pair.

Click Keys -> Export, and a file dialog will open.

Choose a filename.

To save your public key into a document that already exists,

such as a signature file for your email:

Select your key pair.

Click Edit -> Copy (or hit ctrl-c).

Move to the document where you want the key saved, and choose

Edit -> Paste from the menubar for the document (or hit ctrl-v).

[Encrypting Files]

WARNING: The next example shows you how to encrypt and decrypt

your files. Choose a file to try the example on but do NOT

try it on a system file or other important file!!

Want to encrypt a file on your machine? Great, let's try it.

Open up any folder, and choose any file. Right-click on the

file, and go to PGP in the popup menu. Choose 'Encrypt', and

choose your key pair from the dialog window. Now, click on the

pair, and drag it into the lower window. PGP will encrypt the

file and you'll see another icon pop up...an armor plate with a

lock on it. Very appropriate, if you think about it.

Now to decrypt the file, make sure that you've moved or deleted

the original file (make sure that you aren't using a system or

other important file for this example!!) and double-click on the

encrypted file. Enter your passphrase in the lower dialog window,

and BANG!, your file is decrypted.

This is a great way to protect your files. And it's free!

To encrypt a file for the group, just follow the same steps as

above, but choose the group name instead of a single key.

[Encrypting your email]

Now, encrypting your email...if you are using Eudora or (god

forbid!!) Outlook, then you could have opted to use the PGP

plug-ins for either of them. However, if you don't use either

of the two mail clients, then in order to encrypt your email,

can choose a couple of options.

First, using an email client such as Netscape, you can easily

encrypt the file as described above, and attach it to the email.

Another option is to type what you want into the message area of

the email, and then highlight it and click 'ctrl-c' to copy the

text to the clipboard. Then right-click on the PGP Tray icon on

the TaskBar (the little lock) and choose 'Encrypt & Sign

Clipboard'. The PGPKeys window will open, and you need to choose

to whom you wish to encrypt the message. You'll be prompted for

your passphrase, as the message will be signed, so that your

friend (who has your public key) will know that it's from you.

Once the text on the clipboard is encrypted, go back to the email

(or file) and highlight the text again, and click 'ctrl-v' (hold

down the control key and hit 'v') and the encrypted message will

be pasted into the email over the original message.

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NEWBIE NOTE: If the PGP Tray icon isn't on your TaskBar,

check your Startup folder. If it's not in the Startup folder,

add a shortcut to PGPTray.exe to the folder.

If at any time you are having difficulty trying to do anything

with your keys, simply open the Help in PGP. The help documents

are very good...they are clear, descriptive, and concise.

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Here's my (Keydet89) public key:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Version: PGPfreeware 6.0 for non-commercial use

mQGiBDYMk4YRBAD3QaP+/6SFBzkdZLc+iVlfRJ1q7F3axQOK3uAgEMQ41kyJVQju

Ynn+ZnVG8qgPRnvD3DkapzmWpl/lgc+ezmA9Af6pezrFKEBP9NWZN8u53qXNKPxo

CaIIikhoOcd+5YnrsezKvDN6ab8vWcYgrui3ecMu6AmAxnFAj+rCiQizvQCg/6V8

sYmhkBIqTbu8eMwZ/G7OXq8D/13LtUsoLB/Z9Wtza661GtZ/O9NLiA0qlJbDOkvf

cv9k76KvzHCshvTwM/s9sqmc5EuB4cvNNILelW0wMcQrM+NBNNxtgGf/Q4+nh0kB