Public key and Import and export key

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BRAD

07 Aug, 2012 03:30 PM

Hi , how do i decrypt a massage ( the public key ) showed in the screen shot ? do i need there full name ? or email address ? or something ? to decrypt the massage ? i cant get my public or private key to work to decrypt . I must be missing something ?
and i seem i cant import or export my keys ? (showed in screen shot ) it comes up with code=0 ?
I know im missing a step or two ! :-) Can you please point me in the right direction

thanks alot regards

  1. 1 Posted by BRAD on 07 Aug, 2012 03:45 PM

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    Hi again i forgot to tell you im using 10.7.4
    and the public key is NOT signed ! so dont know why i cant decrypt it .
    thanks regards

  2. Support Staff 2 Posted by Steve on 07 Aug, 2012 04:19 PM

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    Hey Brad,

    is this in Mail.app?

    Could you please visit http://nightly.gpgtools.org/ and download the latest GPGTools_Installer-trunk.dmg file.

    Run that on your system and see if the problem persists.

    All the best,
    steve


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  3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Steve on 11 Aug, 2012 06:19 PM

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    Brad's reply (copy pasted form a secondary discussion):

    Using 10.7.4

    Hi , how do i decrypt a massage ( the public key ) showed in the screen shot ? do i need there full name ? or email address ? or something ? to decrypt the massage ? i cant get my public or private key to work to decrypt . The public key is NOT signed for . So i don't know why i can't decrypt it .! I must be missing something ?
and i seem i cant import or export my keys ? (showed in screen shot ) it comes up with code=0 ?
I know im missing a step or two ! :-) Can you please point me in the right direction
    thanks alot regards

    yes this is in mail.app

    I had download this from your website and installed it
    https://www.gpgtools.org/installer/index.html

    Version 2012.03.18
    18. March 2012
    Requires >= OS X 10.5

  4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Steve on 11 Aug, 2012 06:32 PM

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    Hey Brad & Jamerson,

    let's continue here. Otherwise things would have gotten too complicated.

    We just fixed a few bugs in GPG Keychain Access. Could you both please test the nightly build of GPG Keychain Access or the GPGTools_Installer build from here: https://nightly.gpgtools.org/

    Let us know if that fixes your problem. Should your issue persist, could you please provide a link to the place where you found the key you want to paste into GPG Keychain Access? Or if it's not on the web, attach the pub key in a text file, so we can test and see if we can reproduce the problem.

    Thanks and all the best :)
    steve


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  5. 5 Posted by BDG on 12 Aug, 2012 07:33 PM

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    I'm having the same problem -- Code=0 error on importing this signing key from Torproject.org -- https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/osx/TorBrowser-2.2.37-2-.... I tried removing the .asc extension altogether and replacing it with .txt -- same result.

  6. 6 Posted by BDG on 12 Aug, 2012 07:35 PM

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    I meant to say I tried this as well with the nightly build referenced earlier in this thread. I'm using OSX Lion 10.7.4 on a Macbook Air.

  7. 7 Posted by pedzsan on 12 Aug, 2012 07:41 PM

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    Slightly different message but check to make sure you have a key server.

    See http://support.gpgtools.org/discussions/everything/1671-sending-key...

  8. 8 Posted by BDG on 12 Aug, 2012 08:45 PM

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    Thanks, but I did have a keyserver set in preferences. Turned out the network I was using blocked ports.
    But... I still don't know how to use GPG Tools to verify the signature on a file. Is there a URL for a how-to on that?

  9. 9 Posted by pedzsan on 12 Aug, 2012 11:02 PM

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    Its kind of a pain as I recall.

    http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/how-to-verif...

    Notice the follow up. You have to get the signatures and then you have to "trust" them.

    I think I eventually (a few years ago) just gave up. I haven't tried recently.

  10. Support Staff 10 Posted by Steve on 14 Aug, 2012 11:10 AM

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    Hi all,

    let's try to solve this:

    Two requirements have to be matched in this scenario:

    1. Signature file and Signed File have to be in the same folder (otherwise this won't work)
    2. please update to the latest GPGServices nightly from here: https://nightly.gpgtools.org/
    3. Read http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/faq/how-do-i-activate-gpgservices to find out how to active GPGServices.

    After that to verify the signature of a file, simply right-click on the signature file (.sig or .asc extension)
    and select Service -> OpenPGP: Verify signature of file

    Let us know if that works.
    steve

  11. Support Staff 11 Posted by Steve on 24 Aug, 2012 04:52 PM

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    No further user feedback. Closing.

    @all: Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this discussion any time.

    All the best,
    steve


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  12. Steve closed this discussion on 24 Aug, 2012 04:52 PM.

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