[kdepim-users] Fingerprint: where?

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 05 January 2009 23:01:53 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Monday 05 January 2009, Dexter Filmore wrote:
> > Am Montag, 5. Januar 2009 20:39:09 schrieb Anne Wilson:
> > > On Monday 05 January 2009 18:20:29 Dexter Filmore wrote:
> > > > So I had a closer look at GPG.
> > > > Gettign there.
> > > > Now - where's a godd place to put my fingerprint?
> > > > eMail signature? Business Card? Letterbox? T-Shirt?
> > >
> > > You could do any of those, but some might be more efficient than
> > > others :-)
> >
> > so the mail sig as a good place?
>
> No. See my message.
>
> > Should I announce which key server I used as well?
>
> Not necessary since (almost) all key servers synchronize their data
> bases. (Those key servers not doing so are not worth using.)
>
> > > > What's the easiest way to add one's public key with KMail?
> > >
> > > In KMail > Settings > Configure KMail > Identities > select
> > > identity, and Modify > Cryptography tab.  You should be able to use
> > > the Change button to add your key for signing and for encryption.
> >
> > Ah, misunderstanding: I meant: someone writes me a signed mail and I
> > want to import his/her PK.
> > Yours for example. There's no button or such like "import public key
> > from server X"
>
> One way to do it is clicking on Show Details, double clicking on the key
> ID, pressing Alt+F2, typing 'gpg --recv-keys ', middle clicking behind
> the typed text (to paste the key ID), pressing Enter.
>
> Not very convenient, but probably the fastest way to do it.
>
There is another option that you may or may not want to use.  On the kmail 
Configure menu, Security section there is an option to automatically import 
keys and certificates.

The upside is that it all happens transparently.  The downside is that it 
imports every key it encounters, so your keyring might become quite large, and 
there is a noticeable delay while it fetches keys when it encounters one it 
doesn't already know.  Of course if you are meeting the same keys over and 
over that would be a fairly irregular occasion.

Your choice.  Ingo's method is perfect for importing single keys.

Anne
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