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(Created page with "This article details what GPG keys are and how Redbrick uses them ## Some definitions to start OpenPGP is an open standard for PGP encryption maintained by the IETF. It was made so other protocols could interact with PGP. Both GPG and PGP are compliant. PGP is the name of the original encryption program that was developed. GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) is an open-source implementation of the OpenPGP standard Keychains are just the list of the different keys you have on your c...") |
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This article details what GPG keys are and how Redbrick uses them | This article details what GPG keys are and how Redbrick uses them | ||
== Some definitions to start == | |||
OpenPGP is an open standard for PGP encryption maintained by the IETF. It was made so other protocols could interact with PGP. Both GPG and PGP are compliant. | OpenPGP is an open standard for PGP encryption maintained by the IETF. It was made so other protocols could interact with PGP. Both GPG and PGP are compliant. | ||
PGP is the name of the original encryption program that was developed. | PGP is the name of the original encryption program that was developed. | ||
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Keyservers are used to share keys with other people. | Keyservers are used to share keys with other people. | ||
== What the hell are GPG keys == | |||
These implementations are encryption programs that provide cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. They are used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the security of e-mail communications. | These implementations are encryption programs that provide cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. They are used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the security of e-mail communications. | ||
== Why and How does Redbrick use them ?!? == | |||
Redbrick uses GPG keys to verify the tags of the Open-Governance repository. We do this by tagging the open-governance repository. | Redbrick uses GPG keys to verify the tags of the Open-Governance repository. We do this by tagging the open-governance repository. | ||
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== How the hell am I supposed to help??? == | |||
We want our members to verify our Keys to | We want our members to verify our Keys to | ||