tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/problems/1500-whatwhere-is-my-public-keyGPGTools: Discussion 2017-09-14T12:04:32Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/170676602012-07-03T19:05:30Z2012-07-03T19:05:30Zwhat/where is my public key?<div><p>Hi Josh,</p>
<p>this is an unfortunate short coming of the current version of
GPG Keychain Access.<br>
Each key you create contains a private key part and a public key
part.<br>
That's one of the reason why they're not separately listed in GPG
Keychain Access but you only see one row which reads "sec".<br>
If you export it, by default only the public key is exported unless
you check the "allow secret key export" as you mentioned.<br>
Also, if you choose send to key server, it will always only send
the public key to the server. (it should rather read, send public
key to key server and we'll redesign the entire user interface to
make it much clearer, but that will not happen soon)<br>
The private key should never be shared with anynone!</p>
<p>It's not a viewable file at the moment, since it's automatically
imported into GPG Keychain Access if you double click it. That's a
feature we'll also add in the future.</p>
<p>Unfortunately we're a very small team of only 4-5 active people
who are working on this in their spare time since we charge no
money for it. But we'll completely rewrite each tool we provide
with GPGTools as time allows.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p></div>Luke Letag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/170676602012-07-03T19:49:57Z2012-08-20T16:58:06Zwhat/where is my public key?<div><p>But I don't understand how to give someone my public key
then?</p>
<p>He uses Thunderbird with enigmail plug in. People say to upload
my key to the server, but I'm not sure what server it goes to or
how/where to retrieve it or where to send someone else to retrieve
it.</p>
<p>I need to find this info (but for my own key)</p>
<p>-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9
(GNU/Linux)</p>
<p>
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=3uty -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----</p>
<p>People need my public key block in order for us to get anywhere
so I just have to know how to give it to them. When I export my key
it just goes to my desktop and if I click it Adobe Flash wants to
open it.</p>
<p>I'm more than happy to contribute money. I've done so for
several open source programmers in the past, but I need to know
that everything is up and working first.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help,</p>
<p>Josh</p></div>joshtag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/170676602012-07-03T19:59:44Z2012-07-03T19:59:44Zwhat/where is my public key?<div><p>Ah ok, it looks like I misunderstood your question at first.</p>
<p>There are two possible ways to share the public keys and you've
described both, so we're halfway there.</p>
<p>If you publish it on a keyserver the other user will be able to
fetch it from a keyserver. The keys are synchronized among a few
GPG keyservers so it will be available on all of those after some
time. But this may take a while. If you check GPG Keychain Access's
preferences you'll see what keyserver you're using and could tell
that to the other person so they can immediately fetch the key from
that server.</p>
<p>The second method is to use the exported file. The exported file
is a simple text file containing the public key in the form you've
posted. I believe Flash uses the same .asc extension for their
Flash Action Script files, that might 'cause the confusion for OS
X.<br>
If you send that file to another person though, they'll be able to
import it with some tool of their choice, or you can simply copy
the text out of that file and send it to the other person.</p>
<p>The sharing process of GPG keys is one of the most cumbersome
thing at the moment and it will be the next topic we'll focus on to
make it as easy as possible.</p>
<p>I hope this makes it a little bit clearer.</p></div>Luke Letag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/170676602012-07-04T15:51:22Z2012-07-04T15:51:22Zwhat/where is my public key?<div><p>Hey Josh,<br>
I just updated the <a href=
"http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/how-to/first-steps-where-do-i-start-where-do-i-begin">
Quickstart Guide</a> with the missing info about uploading your
key. Feel free to re-read.</p>
<p>Does this and Luke's reply answer your question?</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
steve</p>
<hr>
<p>Please consider a <a href=
"https://www.gpgtools.org/donate.html">donation</a>. We do all this
in our spare time.</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/170676602012-07-05T18:09:02Z2012-08-20T16:58:07Zwhat/where is my public key?<div><p>Thank you. Luke's response got me what I need. The adobe flash
association worked fine, it just confused me at first.</p>
<p>Thanks to the both of you!! I will contribute a donation this
weekend after payday. Thanks!!</p></div>joshtag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/170676602012-07-05T19:18:25Z2012-07-05T19:18:25Zwhat/where is my public key?<div><p>Great. Glad we were able to solve this. Feel free to open a new
discussion should you need further assistance.</p>
<p>Cheers,<br>
steve</p></div>Steve