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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