[Q] PGP key signing/ Sign Message

[agustina2]

Good day to all!

Well I saw some high ranks here in some threads that when they signing a message they have a term like PGP Key in their format and all include there is different from normal signing I see in Sir Shorena's thread "how to sign a message".

Where they signed this format?

Hope you all got my point.

Thank you.

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[John (John K.)]

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-gpg-to-encrypt-and-sign-messages-on-an-ubuntu-12-04-vps

^This is pretty educational.

[shorena]

Good day to all!

Well I saw some high ranks here in some threads that when they signing a message they have a term like PGP Key in their format and all include there is different from normal signing I see in Sir Shorena's thread "how to sign a message".

Where they signed this format?

Hope you all got my point.

Thank you.

One of the earliest ways to encrypt and sign mail[1]. With reasonably long keys it is still believed to be safe even though its from the early 90s[2].  It was in fact so strong that the US government tried to outlaw the export of PGP software as a weapon, that part known as the crypto wars[3]. Where a signature for a bitcoin address can ensure you that you are dealing with someone in control of certain coins a PGP key lets you be certain that you are writing with exactly that person and no one else as long as you trust that person. Also interesting to read -> https://theintercept.com/2014/10/28/smuggling-snowden-secrets/

[1] https://help.riseup.net/en/security/message-security/openpgp
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars

[agustina2]

Oh so much technical terms and requires a lot of reading and deep learning but I know it's worth to read.

I thought that was easy as signing in the normal way.

Thanks for dropping by here!