http://cluedumps.mit.edu/wiki/Special:RecentChanges Track the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed. en MediaWiki 1.15.1 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:30:55 GMT http://cluedumps.mit.edu/w/index.php?title=2009/PGP&diff=2383&oldid=prev <p>Fix line breaks</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 23:55, 15 November 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan='4' align='center' class='diff-multi'>(One intermediate revision not shown)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|location=4-237</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|location=4-237</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|abstract=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|abstract=</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>PGP <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(technically OpenPGP) </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </del>public-key cryptography system that is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">useful </del>for signing/verifying and encrypting/decrypting messages and data<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Unlike other public-key infrastructures (such as MIT's X.509 certificate system) that rely on an absolutely trusted root principal to authenticate all other principals in the system, trust in PGP is an individual decision where principals in the system attest for the authenticity of others, forming a distributed &quot;web of trust.&quot; In addition to providing a secure means of encrypting and signing messages </del>for yourself or others you communicate with<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>PGP is also <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">used </del>for signing and verifying software distributions and packages (Linux kernel, Ubuntu/Debian packages, etc.), or for signing your own code (i.e. with git-tag) on projects you work on.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>PGP is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an open </ins>public-key cryptography system that is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">used </ins>for signing/verifying and encrypting/decrypting messages and data for yourself or others you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wish to </ins>communicate with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">securely. </ins>PGP is also <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">useful </ins>for signing and verifying software distributions and packages (Linux kernel, Ubuntu/Debian packages, etc.), or for signing your own code (i.e. with git-tag) on projects you work on. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Unlike other public-key infrastructures (such as MIT's certificate system) that rely on an absolutely trusted root principal, trust in PGP is an individual decision where individuals attest for the authenticity of others, forming a distributed &quot;web of trust.&quot;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This cluedump will begin with a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">brief </del>overview of PGP (and very brief overview of public-key crypto <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-- no discrete logarithms here</del>) and why you should care, before diving into the details of the OpenPGP</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This cluedump will begin with a overview of PGP (and very brief overview of public-key crypto) and why you should care, before diving into the details of the OpenPGP protocol and how it works. The second part of the cluedump will focus on the ways you can use <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">PGP, with an emphasis on </ins>GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), a common<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, free </ins>implementation of OpenPGP. I will present <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">my suggestions </ins>on how to set up a well-thought-out GPG installation (based on my frustration at the lack of good tutorials online today).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>protocol and how it works. The second part of the cluedump will focus on the ways you can use GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), a common implementation of OpenPGP<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, to take advantage of the benefits of PGP</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In particular, </del>I will present <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a tutorial </del>on how to set up a well-thought-out GPG installation (based on my frustration at the lack of good tutorials online today).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2009-11-22 10:30:55 --> </table> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:55:47 GMT Ccpost http://cluedumps.mit.edu/wiki/Talk:2009/PGP http://cluedumps.mit.edu/w/index.php?title=2009&diff=2381&oldid=prev <p>Rearrange page</p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 23:51, 15 November 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Next Cluedump ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Next Cluedump ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{:2009/Law}}</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Upcoming ==</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{:2009/PGP}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{:2009/PGP}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 15:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{:2009/Deberg}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{:2009/Deberg}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{:2009/Linux}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{:2009/Linux}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{:2009/Law}}</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2009-11-22 10:30:55 --> </table> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:51:52 GMT Ccpost http://cluedumps.mit.edu/wiki/Talk:2009