Fwd: PGP Signing

[Michael Kesper]

Hi Allan,

Allan Irving <allanirving at allanirving.co.uk> schrieb:
>Okay, so I've managed to set up PGP as per the documentation.
>
>My question is how does signing work and when someone signs my key,
>does it
>go like this:
>
>1. I send them my public key,
>2. They sign it.

Nobody should sign without checking your identity. People not knowing you will normally want to meet you in person.

>3. They send me back the exported signed key, which now has their
>signature.

It's legitimate the other party uploads the key with their signature to a key server.

Best wishes
Michael 

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