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1## Introduction
2### PGP and GPG
3[Gnu Privacy Guard](https://gnupg.org/) (GnuPG) is an Open Source implementation of the [Pretty Good
4Privacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#OpenPGP) (OpenPGP) specification. Its main purposes are digital authentication,
5signature and encryption.
6
7It is often used by the [FLOSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software) community to verify:
8- Linux package signatures: Debian [SecureApt](https://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt), ArchLinux [Master
9Keys](https://www.archlinux.org/master-keys/)
10- [SCM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control) releases & maintainer identity
11
12### Trust
13To quote Phil Pennock (the author of the [SKS](https://bitbucket.org/skskeyserver/sks-keyserver/wiki/Home) key server - http://sks.spodhuis.org/):
14
15> You MUST understand that presence of data in the keyserver (pools) in no way connotes trust. Anyone can generate a key, with any name or email address, and upload it. All security and trust comes from evaluating security at the “object level”, via PGP Web-Of-Trust signatures. This keyserver makes it possible to retrieve keys, looking them up via various indices, but the collection of keys in this public pool is KNOWN to contain malicious and fraudulent keys. It is the common expectation of server operators that users understand this and use software which, like all known common OpenPGP implementations, evaluates trust accordingly. This expectation is so common that it is not normally explicitly stated.
16
17Trust can be gained by having your key signed by other people (and signing their key back, too :) ), for instance during [key signing parties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signing_party), see:
18- [The Keysigning party HOWTO](http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html)
19- [Web of trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust)
20
21## Generate a GPG key
22- [Generating a GPG key for Git tagging](http://stackoverflow.com/a/16725717) (StackOverflow)
23- [Generating a GPG key](https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-gpg-key/) (GitHub)
24
25### gpg - provide identity information
26```bash
27$ gpg --gen-key
28
29gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.6; Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
30This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
31There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
32
33Note: Use "gpg2 --full-gen-key" for a full featured key generation dialog.
34
35GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key.
36
37Real name: Marvin the Paranoid Android
38Email address: marvin@h2g2.net
39You selected this USER-ID:
40 "Marvin the Paranoid Android <marvin@h2g2.net>"
41
42Change (N)ame, (E)mail, or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o
43We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
44some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
45disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
46generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
47```
48
49### gpg - entropy interlude
50At this point, you will:
51- be prompted for a secure password to protect your key (the input method will depend on your Desktop Environment and configuration)
52- be asked to use your machine's input devices (mouse, keyboard, etc.) to generate random entropy; this step _may take some time_
53
54### gpg - key creation confirmation
55```bash
56gpg: key A9D53A3E marked as ultimately trusted
57public and secret key created and signed.
58
59gpg: checking the trustdb
60gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
61gpg: depth: 0 valid: 2 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 2u
62pub rsa2048/A9D53A3E 2015-07-31
63 Key fingerprint = AF2A 5381 E54B 2FD2 14C4 A9A3 0E35 ACA4 A9D5 3A3E
64uid [ultimate] Marvin the Paranoid Android <marvin@h2g2.net>
65sub rsa2048/8C0EACF1 2015-07-31
66```
67
68### gpg - submit your public key to a PGP server (Optional)
69``` bash
70$ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-keys A9D53A3E
71gpg: sending key A9D53A3E to hkp server pgp.mit.edu
72```
73
74## Create and push a GPG-signed tag
75
76See [[Release Shaarli]].