PGP: looking for advice on settings

Steve Lamb pmmail@rpglink.com
Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:42:55 -0800


Wednesday, March 22, 2000, 3:25:53 PM, Andrew wrote:
>>The fingerprint is a "summary" of your public key (or
>>something like that). If I have your fingerprint and your 
>>public key, I can confirm that the key is valid,

> Is there any easy way to compare them in PMMail?

    No.

> Is it much of a security risk to put it on a public server?

    No.  That is the whole point of the public key.  Spread it far and wide so
anyone can verify your signature and/or encrypt to you.  It is your private
key you must keep hidden.

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