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GPG keys help

GPG Keys

Generate GPG/PGP Keys:

^_^[Mitesh@Shah:~]$ gpg --gen-key

Please select what kind of key you want:
   (1) RSA and RSA (default)
   (2) DSA and Elgamal
   (3) DSA (sign only)
   (4) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 1

RSA keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048) 4096

Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
        = key expires in n days
      w = key expires in n weeks
      m = key expires in n months
      y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 0

Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y

Real name: Mitesh Shah
Email address: Mr.Miteshah@gmail.com
Comment: rtCamp Launchpad

You selected this USER-ID:
    "Mitesh Shah (rtCamp Launchpad) <Mr.Miteshah@gmail.com>"

Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O

generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.

Not enough random bytes available.  Please do some other work to give
the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 281 more bytes)

Just open another terminal window and run some commands which generates plenty of activity.

My favorite is running a disk write performance benchmark using:

dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync

List Keys:

^_^[Mitesh@Shah:~]$ gpg --list-keys
/home/mitesh/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
------------------------
pub   4096R/387AFF02 2014-04-21
uid                  Mitesh Shah (rtCamp Launchpad) <Mr.Miteshah@gmail.com>
sub   4096R/0B9C8B2D 2014-04-21

Making An ASCII Armored Version Your Public Key:

^_^[Mitesh@Shah:~]$ gpg --output MiteshShah.asc --export -a $GPGKEY

NOTE: In This Example $GPGKEY = 387AFF02

Upload Keys To Ubuntu Key Server:

^_^[Mitesh@Shah:~]$ gpg --send-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com $GPGKEY

GPG Key FingerPrint:

^_^[Mitesh@Shah:~]$ gpg --fingerprint
/home/mitesh/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
------------------------
pub   4096R/387AFF02 2014-04-21
      Key fingerprint = 80D6 A2F6 AA2F E34F 0E3A  C850 0E18 6538 387A FF02
uid                  Mitesh Shah (rtCamp Launchpad) <Mr.Miteshah@gmail.com>
sub   4096R/0B9C8B2D 2014-04-21