GPG guide: write about comments.

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Mikaela Suomalainen 2012-06-09 13:56:29 +03:00
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### Comments
Write this later.
GPG can automatically add comments to signed and encrypted content. They
are usually hidden by email clients, which support GPG.
Example comment:
```
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Signed content.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: This is a comment.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=HKS4
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
```
To add comments, use "--comment" flag or add "comment" lines to gpg.conf:
For example:
> comment "Something"
Appears as
```
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
This is signed content, which has comment, which reads "Something".
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Something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=Ilhi
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
```
Comments can be whatever you want. For example they can have link to your homepage or command to receive your key from keyserver etc.
### Step 4: Sharing your public key