PGWhat?!Picture of a dog

'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' At least so they say.

Well if the dog is using PGP he can prove his identity to you! PGP is a 'public key' encryption/decryption and signing method among some others. You might want to encrypt a message so that only the adressee will be able to read it, or you might wan't to sign a message to prove that you wrote it.

So here's one for you:

To read the signed message above you need:

  1. Version 5 or above of the PGP-program or if you are using Linux, you will want the equivalent program called GPG (which will most likely already be installed on your computer).
  2. My PGP Public key, (Click here for public key in version 5 format)
  3. Copy the message to your PGP-program and it will veify that it was signed with the secret pair of my public key!
    (Using Windows this can be done by selecting the message above and then copying it to the clipboard. Then click on the 'PGPTray'-icon on the right side of the taskbar and choose 'Decrypt/Verify clipboard'.)

My PGP public key: