From 4c5ce15908f43ca584b31e811282de57d477e8d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 13:56:29 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] GPG guide: write about comments. --- articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md b/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md index 8a60c80..a1100f3 100644 --- a/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md +++ b/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md @@ -182,7 +182,72 @@ See also my Enigmail instructions about group lines. ### 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. + +iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJP0ypzAAoJEE21PP6CpGcojpsP/jV8o398xaCOCtdk5gyZtSZG +KYDbyV8dNk1jxyNb7yPuEHGdm2BNXuKDHoG1vOli1yfavDvZ7Ir6i6HqDINRt6QF +TFcWQgurMtXEJ4zCbMwBHM5OCpRL0gtuK/ERZFWeA+zDuM/pDKWLcX9REriT5CaG +CWBBvCIf/C2imGqe3+KBKSy13pis7MXARCTHesTOV/z04vKfsVqh7+M60ss/sc48 +kkL7CR/RiovomeoDhWuwS63oDE49eG+hlMDswgehnx71bvYr2NBZ3qfls4utx3fj +ro4ubRGW52tY9wIC1tZoNiqa/n9Z6jOIq76Vn5DaJQ1dKWn3MnA5Sv2ztV4GlaIO +iTLkvavAe7KHVxDCKcHpI7vnj9JlahF1u8+JDHXbTePDE3MiQvK1uEK91EQP9kYT +EYQwuClDfVGNBgqORTzZUpszYrT1dCdLte+29RdkHzsC+32x540xLvkDFvkZ+92Y +7LxCX83aKzIdAZmehNmSrzQAL+NCfMW3YjkvWOYoFFMd//nSVifCbxvRLsyv7npr +Fowb/UnnZW3ScT/sFNJWH/xY5skDS8WZd3H6O7MJ8gHUeOR9YQepQX56kvSRVtbj +ncnVEtqLjlbMpHEFy9ykKgM6rzuRTzLRct7Tf787Ww4hgSN92lhetPZmi6BGcS1z +ZRzFq367A+HsVMlihBjd +=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 + +iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJP0yt8AAoJEE21PP6CpGcoHskP/jLift0y8tA7VnmbIyFfOr2J +RVJfcc/cl8xvbnhSKIOa5rS47Z9MgVqf8KDY373E1CZMvOsdx4yPINMJb4901iBQ +71RCRcg45YUI+yWRlZ2+ZsE7NBgUWm2cdSbwfaWrxH2eL8zRN+G5c3qiAQu0pXY5 +Mc1MG6ZQQzz3v+SrYPB6aZn8R8uNQR6U1YfbhtG1daxIfzdbXQNqMi/pIDV+M5GY +IS3Wbbp57pvJ8R3EjvqMsDKv76L/ZFySlrAugQaZIj4lQVUzXhivBwzkaHslj6dP +HSGamz3C4yX5GPe/QBJ8jgANAtmdx2+1IpoRRqiLrOOT48vRkCFM40VwjMVO4W+B +wNg9BQUpB53/QBtpQ5kDHrpPA+6bS4QkzUIzMsMuSvF9w15vG+Ae7qozD/YTLeD/ +IBaRlqPIRI/CrOEfUfn0DE6bFKTMgf4WE5M8IZ2kBVAE/mBqicJ9QKI53it8Ru4M +hznPzwtmQTHf02yaj06LjB1P0SYU3gjwioRN+3RVoCRC92rjW5gN4MBYR0jKydp6 +MHf2Mg+ped1BegBDEVD4FyDPw/LNmveZb5O8/KIpjdb9dMgP5uqDpvJEzS64OQf0 +vtzYEnCrJW+/1ABuGoF2aKG7+i24gLt9re+jOb02dj5NxRc1tWmhVNVM/acwReVr +1ELecm6kOS0qlPF//OnU +=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